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A Double-Sided Album Page With Portraits of Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh
INDIA, MUGHAL, 1690-1710
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A Double-Sided Album Page With Portraits of Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh
India, Mughal, 1690-1710
Both figures finely detailed in royal garb standing upon a grassy field, Shah Jahan depicted in a white beard facing right with his face surrounded by a gold nimbus, wearing a green jama with a sword at his side, Dara Shikoh on reverse side facing left wearing gold garments with brown fur collar and matching boots porting a jeweled flywhisk and long scabbard with jeweled hilt, both paintings mounted on album leaves with inscriptions in Nastaliq below
Image of Shah Jahan: 7½ x 4 3/8 in. (18.5 x 10.8 cm.); image of Dara Shikoh: 8 x 4½ in. (20.2 x 11.2 cm.)
India, Mughal, 1690-1710
Both figures finely detailed in royal garb standing upon a grassy field, Shah Jahan depicted in a white beard facing right with his face surrounded by a gold nimbus, wearing a green jama with a sword at his side, Dara Shikoh on reverse side facing left wearing gold garments with brown fur collar and matching boots porting a jeweled flywhisk and long scabbard with jeweled hilt, both paintings mounted on album leaves with inscriptions in Nastaliq below
Image of Shah Jahan: 7½ x 4 3/8 in. (18.5 x 10.8 cm.); image of Dara Shikoh: 8 x 4½ in. (20.2 x 11.2 cm.)