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DELHI SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
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EIGHT MINIATURES DEPICTING EMPERORS IN THE ROYAL ZENANA
DELHI SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
Gouache and gold on paper, most depicting the Emperor and his family within the Royal Zenana, all laid down within gold illuminated blue borders with gold and polychrome margins on gold-sprinkled coloured card, versos with later notes in English labelling the illustrations, mounted, glazed and framed
miniature 7¼ x 5in. (18.4 x 12.7cm.); folio 13 3/8 x 9in. (34 x 22.9cm.) (8)
DELHI SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
Gouache and gold on paper, most depicting the Emperor and his family within the Royal Zenana, all laid down within gold illuminated blue borders with gold and polychrome margins on gold-sprinkled coloured card, versos with later notes in English labelling the illustrations, mounted, glazed and framed
miniature 7¼ x 5in. (18.4 x 12.7cm.); folio 13 3/8 x 9in. (34 x 22.9cm.) (8)
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