MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1620
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A Mughal Garden
Mughal India, circa 1620
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the garden divided into four quadrants, each containing a gardener or other figure, enclosed within stone waterways radiating from a central pond with fountain and ducks, the water fed from a waterwheel operated by a white ox above, very slight repainting, gold floral margin between black and gold rules, mounted as an album leaf, the white leaf with alternating large fully coloured poppy and lily sprays, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 9 1/8 x 5½in. (23.2 x 14cm.); folio 13½ x 8 5/8in. (34.2 x 22cm.)
Mughal India, circa 1620
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the garden divided into four quadrants, each containing a gardener or other figure, enclosed within stone waterways radiating from a central pond with fountain and ducks, the water fed from a waterwheel operated by a white ox above, very slight repainting, gold floral margin between black and gold rules, mounted as an album leaf, the white leaf with alternating large fully coloured poppy and lily sprays, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 9 1/8 x 5½in. (23.2 x 14cm.); folio 13½ x 8 5/8in. (34.2 x 22cm.)