POSSIBLY FROM THE LATE SHAH JAHAN ALBUM, MUGHAL INDIA, MID 17TH CENTURY

A POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR POSSIBLY FROM THE LATE SHAH JAHAN ALBUM, MUGHAL INDIA, MID 17TH CENTURY Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a nimbate Emperor Akbar is depicted in old age, wearing gold embroidered light brown robes and an orange and white turban, leaning upon a long sword held in one hand and holding a ruby and pearl sarpech in the other, laid down between a minor blue border with gold floral illumination on wide border elegantly illuminated in gold and polychrome with a star and cross lattice filled with floral sprays or scrolls, the miniature with some scuffing, laid down on card Painting 8 1/8 x 4 7/8in. (21 x 12.6cm.); folio 14 5/8 x 10in. (37 x 25.5cm.)