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.) Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 April 2012, lot 482
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.) Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 April 2012, lot 482
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