MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

NUR JAHAN MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid within a double margin, the inner with floral meander, the outer dusty blue with gold floral meander, laid down on card, the borders decorated with gold cusped palmettes, with applied gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, reverse with 6ll. black nasta'liq script, laid down on gold-speckled margins The painting 7 ¾ x 5in. (19.7 x 12.8cm.); folio 16 1⁄8 x 10 ¼in. (41 x 26.1cm.)