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[INDIA]
The Mughal Court. Indian Watercolours.
Mughal painting is a particular style of South Asian, particularly North Indian (more specifically, modern-day India and Pakistan), painting confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa). It emerged from Persian miniature painting (itself partly of Chinese origin) and developed in the court of the Mughal Empire of the 16th to 18th centuries. Battles, legendary stories, hunting scenes, wildlife, royal life, mythology, and other subjects have been frequently depicted in paintings.
- Published
- n.d. n.p.
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- 11
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- n.d. n.p.
- Ref
- 320
4to. (6.5"x 10"). Thirty-eight printed leaves of text with ten full-page watercolour paintings all heightened in gold of Mugal Court Life; text browned and fragile with age; nicks to margins with some simple repairs and one corner of printed text missing. Full modern limp leather boards; Persian herbal medicine dictionary. Coloured plates in order: 1. Emperor with members of his Harem. 2. Members of the Harem, with the Emperor in a pool. 3. Emperor with one of his court 'favourites'. Other female members of his Harem are in attendance. 4. As above. 5. Ladies of the Harem dancing and performing before the Emperor. 6. As above. 7. The Emperor and members of his Harem exchange drinking vessels. 8. Members of the Harem play on a pool beside the Emperor. 9. The Emperor and members of his Harem sit out under the stars. 10. As above. 11. A decorative, coloured header at the beginning of the book.
