Frontispiece to a Diwan

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595

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Frontispiece to a Diwan
Mughal India, circa 1595
Gouache heightened with gold on paper with an Emperor seated in a gold throne placed on a fine carpet surrounded by courtiers and musicians, with an elderly turbaned figure presenting a manuscript to him, flaking, oxidisation and light staining, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 8½ x 5¼in. (21.5 x 13.3cm.)

Lot Essay

The seated kingly figure in this miniature bears a strong resemblance to the Emperor Akbar. It is possible that this miniature was the frontispiece to a collection of poems, and that the bearded figure presenting a manuscript to his patron is a portrait of the author.

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