Indian School, 18th Century
A portrait of Alamgir II (1754-59), Mughal India, circa 1750 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted bearded and holding a jewelled sarpech seated against a flowered gold bolster near the window of a balcony, he wears a pink and gold jama and a gold patkaand is richly jewelled, a decorative floral orange and gold rug hangs over the balcony, a floral and curtain hangs above; against a grey and white background, with inscription below in nasta'liq ad on reverse, inscribed in nagari, circa 1750
heightened with gold on paper
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