PROBABLY DELHI, 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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TWELVE PORTRAITS OF MUGHAL EMPRESSES IN KOFTGARI FRAME
PROBABLY DELHI, 2ND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Oil on ivory backed with paper, each medallion glazed and set within a koftgari frame with dense floral arabesques, with silver-overlaid identification inscriptions
13 x 12in. (33 x 30.5cm.)

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Paintings of this type were highly prized in British India and are usually referred to as 'Delhi paintings'. For a discussion on this subject and a similar set of portraits see Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, Oxford, 1997, cat.72, p.127.