THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR ON A LION HUNT MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler brandishes his tulwar at an attacking lion, two mounted courtiers prepare their sword and spear, with minute identification inscriptions in black nasta'liq below the figures, laid down on an album page with gilt borders and gold and polychrome rules, on margins with intricate gilt lattice Painting: 12 1/8 x 7 3/8 (30.8 x 18.7cm.); folio: 18 ½ x 12 ¼in. (47 x 31.2cm.)
THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR ON A LION HUNT MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler brandishes his tulwar at an attacking lion, two mounted courtiers prepare their sword and spear, with minute identification inscriptions in black nasta'liq below the figures, laid down on an album page with gilt borders and gold and polychrome rules, on margins with intricate gilt lattice Painting: 12 1/8 x 7 3/8 (30.8 x 18.7cm.); folio: 18 ½ x 12 ¼in. (47 x 31.2cm.)
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