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Harem scene
Mughal, seventeenth century
gouache on paper heightened with gold, in an interior with a lake behind two groups of ladies stand before a fountain, one of the right-hand group plays a musical instrument, two others hold peacock-feather fans, one offers another water, above the main picture is a small bust portrait in profile of Akbar, flanked by compartments each showing a game-bird (one patch of slight wear), red, yellow and blue margins within black rules
miniature 11¼ x 6¾in. (28.6 x 17cm.)
folio 13¼ x 8½in. (33.6 x 21.6cm.)
Mughal, seventeenth century
gouache on paper heightened with gold, in an interior with a lake behind two groups of ladies stand before a fountain, one of the right-hand group plays a musical instrument, two others hold peacock-feather fans, one offers another water, above the main picture is a small bust portrait in profile of Akbar, flanked by compartments each showing a game-bird (one patch of slight wear), red, yellow and blue margins within black rules
miniature 11¼ x 6¾in. (28.6 x 17cm.)
folio 13¼ x 8½in. (33.6 x 21.6cm.)