MUGHAL INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY

AN ALBUM PAGE: AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF AURANGZEB AND MUHAMMAD SHAH AT A JAROKHA WINDOW
MUGHAL INDIA, MID 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Aurangzeb on his mount facing left, haloed, wearing an intricate turban with sarpech, a long dark pink winter coat and striped trousers, his left hand holding the reins, the right resting on his horse's mane, a in a landscape with floral ground, between pink and green borders with gold floral scrolls, with black rules, laid down on card with gold floral lattice; Muhammad Shah, facing right, leaning on a large bolster at a window adorned with intricate textiles, wearing a green turban, a burgundy jama with gold floral bud motifs, pearl necklaces and bracelets, this left hand holding a bejewelled sarpech, his right hand resting on his chest, between wide plain pink and green borders with gold floral scrolls, laid down on cream card with gold floral lattice
Painting (Aurangzeb) 5⅝ x 8in. (214.4 x 20.2cm.); folio 10 x 11¾in. (25.4 x 29.4cm.)

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