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Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album

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Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album. Painting, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, trimmed down from an album page, standing portrait of Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) leaning on straight sword, holding jewelled rosary, wearing strings of pearls, rubies and emeralds, semi-transparent white jama with two contrasting patkas (one tie-dyed) tied at the waist, striped trousers and green shoes, with kard dagger and four archer's rings hanging from his waist, against light blue-green ground, inscribed Balchand (lower right), Agra, India, c. 1620.
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Title: Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album
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Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album.
Painting, ink, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, trimmed down from an album page, standing portrait of Mughal emperor Jahangir (r.
1605-1627) leaning on straight sword, holding jewelled rosary, wearing strings of pearls, rubies and emeralds, semi-transparent white jama with two contrasting patkas (one tie-dyed) tied at the waist, striped trousers and green shoes, with kard dagger and four archer's rings hanging from his waist, against light blue-green ground, inscribed Balchand (lower right), Agra, India, c.
1620.

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