Three portraits of Mughul emperors and their wives, gouache and gold on ivory, oval, depicting Jahangir (1605-27) and Nur Mahal, Shah Jehan (1627-57) and Mumtaz Mahal, and Bahadur Shah (1806-57) and his wife, each couple mounted, glazed and framed as a pair, (negligible wear), Delhi, 19th century - 2½ x 2in. (6.5 x 5cm.), frame 5¼ x 7½in. (13.3 x 19cm.)

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Three portraits of Mughul emperors and their wives, gouache and gold on ivory, oval, depicting Jahangir (1605-27) and Nur Mahal, Shah Jehan (1627-57) and Mumtaz Mahal, and Bahadur Shah (1806-57) and his wife, each couple mounted, glazed and framed as a pair, (negligible wear), Delhi, 19th century - 2½ x 2in. (6.5 x 5cm.), frame 5¼ x 7½in. (13.3 x 19cm.)
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