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DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, on a terrace, his face is nimbed with a gold halo, two men stand before him, an attendant behind him, his army in the background behind a rocky hill, laid down on broad gilt card with polychrome floral illumination and between gilt blue floral borders, identified below in blue nasta'liq script, the reverse with old English identification inscription in ink and pencil
Painting 8 x 5.3/8in. (20.3 x 13.8cm.); page 17.7/8 x 11.1/2in. (45.5 x 29.3cm.)
DELHI, MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, on a terrace, his face is nimbed with a gold halo, two men stand before him, an attendant behind him, his army in the background behind a rocky hill, laid down on broad gilt card with polychrome floral illumination and between gilt blue floral borders, identified below in blue nasta'liq script, the reverse with old English identification inscription in ink and pencil
Painting 8 x 5.3/8in. (20.3 x 13.8cm.); page 17.7/8 x 11.1/2in. (45.5 x 29.3cm.)
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