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Agra and Delhi monuments
gouache heightened with gold on ivory, with a central oval vignette on the Taj Mahal surrounded by eight similar smaller views each identified on the reverse as the Kutub Minar, the tomb of Itimadoula, the Jama Masjid, the Pearl Mosque, the Golden Temple, the Delhi Fort and Akbar's tomb, each bordered in gold, the interstices filled with floral arabesques, in original carved ebony frame, Delhi, 19th century - miniature 4 x 6in. (10.2 x 15.2cm.), frame 9½ x 10in. (24.2 x 25.3cm.)
gouache heightened with gold on ivory, with a central oval vignette on the Taj Mahal surrounded by eight similar smaller views each identified on the reverse as the Kutub Minar, the tomb of Itimadoula, the Jama Masjid, the Pearl Mosque, the Golden Temple, the Delhi Fort and Akbar's tomb, each bordered in gold, the interstices filled with floral arabesques, in original carved ebony frame, Delhi, 19th century - miniature 4 x 6in. (10.2 x 15.2cm.), frame 9½ x 10in. (24.2 x 25.3cm.)