SHAH JAHAN PRESENTS JEWELS TO A PRINCESS
DELHI, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, on floral illuminated album leaf within gold illuminated borders, the reverse with a calligraphic panel with two lines of Persian poetry in nasta'liq
Painting 9 ¼ x 6 7/8 ins. (23.5 x 17.4 cm.); folio 20 ¾ x 14 ¾ ins. (52.5 x 37.5 cm.); calligraphic panel 10 ¾ x 6 7/8 ins. (27.2 x 17.7 cm.)
SHAH JAHAN PRESENTS JEWELS TO A PRINCESS
DELHI, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, on floral illuminated album leaf within gold illuminated borders, the reverse with a calligraphic panel with two lines of Persian poetry in nasta'liq
Painting 9 ¼ x 6 7/8 ins. (23.5 x 17.4 cm.); folio 20 ¾ x 14 ¾ ins. (52.5 x 37.5 cm.); calligraphic panel 10 ¾ x 6 7/8 ins. (27.2 x 17.7 cm.)
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