Miniature Portrait of a Mughal Emperor

Description:

Miniature Portrait of a Mughal Emperor, India, 19th century, watercolor and gold on wasli, depicting the ruler seated on an ornately carved throne with tiger armrests, holding a sword in one hand and smoking a hookah using the other, in a richly decorated room with a window to a view of a sunset over water, mounted on painted paper, framed and glazed, painting 6 1/4 x 4 3/8, framed 14 1/4 x 11 in.
Estimate $600-800

not examined out of frame, buckling, tear lower right, possible water damage at right.


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