£360
A fine Indian Moghul school portrait miniature depicting Shah Jahan I (1592-1666) presented in full-length, seated on a gilt throne within a lavish palace interior, holding aloft a posy of flowers, facing right toward a window with distant gardens, finely detailed throughout and embellished with applied emerald and ruby coloured gemstones and seed pearls (a symmetrical pair to lot 4 which is a matching example depicting the sitter’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj Mahal was built) gouache on ivory, 15.5 x 10.2cm, 19th century, later gilt framed
Ivory Submission Reference: S4XMEUGK
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Room and Absentee Bids:
24% inc VAT*
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27.6% inc VAT*
