MUGHAL, PROBABLY DELHI BUT POSSIBLY DECCAN OR KISHANGARH, SECOND HALF 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

THE MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN WITH HIS ANCESTOR TIMUR MUGHAL, PROBABLY DELHI BUT POSSIBLY DECCAN OR KISHANGARH, SECOND HALF 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY Gouache with gold on paper, Shah Jahan depicted with gray beard and in Mughal dress, seated on the left in a garden, facing his ancestor Timur who is depicted in Central Asian attire, with Sa‘dullah Khan standing behind Shah Jahan holding a parasol over the Emperor and an unidentified attendant standing similarly behind Timur, with inscriptions in black nasta’liq below, within buff and dark blue composite borders Painting: 17 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (16.6 x 26 cm.) Folio: 9 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (23.3 x 32.6 cm.)