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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe
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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe.
Painting, ink, colours and gold on paper, allegorical portrait of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658) holding out an octagonal jewel, with angels (European style putti) holding royal emblems of a sword, crown and parasol (chhatri, inscribed with his imperial genealogy) in the clouds above, and on the globe beneath his feet is a pair of weighing scales (representing justice under Shah Jahan's rule), a lion resting with a sheep (representing harmony), and two groups of religious men with rosaries, each holding up an inscribed scroll praising the emperor as the "friend of dervishes", close copy of a 1629 portrait (dated 1038H, attributed to Hashim, Freer-Sackler F1939.49a), India, undated, possibly c. 1800-1850.
Title: Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe
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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe.
Painting, ink, colours and gold on paper, allegorical portrait of Shah Jahan (r.
1628-1658) holding out an octagonal jewel, with angels (European style putti) holding royal emblems of a sword, crown and parasol (chhatri, inscribed with his imperial genealogy) in the clouds above, and on the globe beneath his feet is a pair of weighing scales (representing justice under Shah Jahan's rule), a lion resting with a sheep (representing harmony), and two groups of religious men with rosaries, each holding up an inscribed scroll praising the emperor as the "friend of dervishes", close copy of a 1629 portrait (dated 1038H, attributed to Hashim, Freer-Sackler F1939.
49a), India, undated, possibly c.
1800-1850.
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