TWO PORTRAITS OF MUGHAL ROYALTIES
TWO PORTRAITS OF MUGHAL ROYALTIES

DELHI, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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TWO PORTRAITS OF MUGHAL ROYALTIES
DELHI, NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, depicting Emperor Bahadur Shah II in profile, smoking a huqqa, seated on a terrace against a floral background; and a ruler and his two heirs, probably Shahzadeh Muhammad Kaiwan Shah Gorkhani (d.1913) and Mirza Muhammad Shah and Mirza Mahmoud Shah, seated on a floral carpet, a pavilion in the background, the reverse with inscriptions in Urdu, each in velvet frame, glazed
10.1/2 x 7in. (26.5 x 18cm.); 9.3/4 x 7in. (25 x 18cm.)

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Shahzadeh Muhammad Kaiwan Shah Gorkhani (1853-1911) was the Chief Representative of the Royal House of Delhi.

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