NUR JAHAN AT EASE IN THE ZENANA
NUR JAHAN AT EASE IN THE ZENANA

NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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NUR JAHAN AT EASE IN THE ZENANA
NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, she reclines on a bed, smoking a huqqa, female musicians and a dancer play before her, she is fanned by two attendants, the scene set in a marble diwan, a red fort appears in the background, with gold and polychrome floral margins, identified in gold nasta'liq script
Painting 14 ¼ x 8 ¼in. (36.4 x 21cm.); folio 21 3/8 x 14in. (54.2 x 35.7cm.)

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