THE EMPEROR AKBAR HOLDING A JEWEL
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, inscribed ‘Akbar’ below, nasta’liq couplets bordered by illuminated panels above and below, black album leaf painted with gold birds, flowers and trees, signed on the bottom left hand corner ... banaya musavir davari ... lapur, backed on cream card
Painting 5 ¼ x 3 5/8 ins. (13.2 x 9.3 cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 8 ¾ ins. (32.3 x 22.2 cm.)
THE EMPEROR AKBAR HOLDING A JEWEL
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, inscribed ‘Akbar’ below, nasta’liq couplets bordered by illuminated panels above and below, black album leaf painted with gold birds, flowers and trees, signed on the bottom left hand corner ... banaya musavir davari ... lapur, backed on cream card
Painting 5 ¼ x 3 5/8 ins. (13.2 x 9.3 cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 8 ¾ ins. (32.3 x 22.2 cm.)
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