A MINIATURE OF A BATTLE SCENE, MUGHAL INDIA, AKBAR... Lot n° 21
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Two armies, made up of twelve horsemen, armed with sabers and spears and two mahouts on elephant backs, are engaged in battle; some, taken aback, lie wounded.
On the back, text from two Nastaliq banners, surrounded by smaller inscriptions on a background of polychrome flowers.
The album page features four seals of Mughal princes of Lucknow: Amjad Ali Shah, Asaf ud-Dowlah Yahya Khan, Sulayman Shah, Wajid Ali Shah.
40.5 by 27.8 cm.
PROVENANCE
Former collection of Professor Donald Robertson (Cambridge University).
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