MUGHAL INDIA, MID-17TH CENTURY
$500
A PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN
MUGHAL INDIA, MID-17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, standing facing left, wearing a simple turban, pink trousers and diaphanous tunic held with a jewel-incrusted belt and an intricate sash, holding a straight bladed tulwar, on pale green ground, later attributions including one to Manohar along the lower edge, within floral margins with gold and blue rules, with wide, gold-speckled blue borders, mounted, framed and glazed
8¾ x 5in. (22.3 x 12.7cm.)
