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Taj Mahal, Agra
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The watercolor painting depicts the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, who was the beloved wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The white marble tomb sits on a square plinth. It is a large, multi-cubed structure with chamfered corners. Large, arch-shaped doorway (iwan) is decorated with inlaid flowers and Qur’anic verses. The tomb is topped by a large, onion-shaped dome and finial. Flanking the base of the dome are two chhatri (canopy), a large, dome-like structures that commonly adorn Indian architecture. Four minarets frame the tomb, one at each corner.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Miss Ellen Bullard
Title: Taj Mahal, Agra
Description:
The watercolor painting depicts the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, who was the beloved wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
The white marble tomb sits on a square plinth.
It is a large, multi-cubed structure with chamfered corners.
Large, arch-shaped doorway (iwan) is decorated with inlaid flowers and Qur’anic verses.
The tomb is topped by a large, onion-shaped dome and finial.
Flanking the base of the dome are two chhatri (canopy), a large, dome-like structures that commonly adorn Indian architecture.
Four minarets frame the tomb, one at each corner.
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