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"Emperor Babur Receiving a Visitor", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Louis V. Bell Fund 1967
Title: "Emperor Babur Receiving a Visitor", Folio from a Baburnama (The Book of Babur)
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
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