AN ALBUM PAGE: THE MUGHAL PRINCE DARA SHIKOH
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AN ALBUM PAGE: THE MUGHAL PRINCE DARA SHIKOH

MUGHAL DELHI, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ALBUM PAGE: THE MUGHAL PRINCE DARA SHIKOH
MUGHAL DELHI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted standing facing left, holding a flower in his right hand and a khanda in his left, wearing a white turban and orange tunic, in a grassy landscape, a city in the background, the margins with gilt floral scroll in dark blue ground, in green, red and blue rules, laid on card, the borders with exuberant floral sprays
Folio 15 5/8 x 10in. (39.6 x 25.4cm.); painting 7 ¼ x 4 ¾in. (18.4 x 12cm.)
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