A portrait of a Mughal Noble, North...
A portrait of a Mughal Noble, North India, 18th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted facing right, wearing a pink turban with a pearl string, and a fur-lined coat embroidered with polychrome floral motifs, in a drop-shaped medallion within gold rules, the spandrels with gold floral scrolls on deep blue ground, the margins with simplified lattice, with black rules, the borders within elegant floral sprays and scrolls, one line of black nasta’liq above, 17.2 x 12cm. P
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A portrait of a Mughal Noble, North India, 18th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted facing right, wearing a pink turban with a pearl string, and a fur-lined coat embroidered with polychrome floral motifs, in a drop-shaped medallion within gold rules, the spandrels with gold floral scrolls on deep blue ground, the margins with simplified lattice, with black rules, the borders within elegant floral sprays and scrolls, one line of black nasta’liq above, 17.2 x 12cm. P