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This Mughal portrait set in an oval medallion dates to the late eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE and represents the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān (d. 1076 AH / 1666 CE). The portrait is comparable to other depictions of the ruler, including W.700, which is inscribed with Shāh Jahān's name, Shah Jahan Holding a Turban Ornament in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.78.6.15), and the relief portrait bust of Shah Jahan in alabaster housed in the Riksmuseum, Amsterdam (12249). The portrait is flanked by two inscribed cartouches with a blue and pink stenciled floral border.
Written in nastaʿlīq script
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Pal, Pratapaditya, et al. Romance of the Taj Mahal. London: Thames and Hudson; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989.
Koch, Ebba. Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology: Collected Essays. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This Mughal portrait set in an oval medallion dates to the late eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE and represents the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān (d. 1076 AH / 1666 CE). The portrait is comparable to other depictions of the ruler, including W.700, which is inscribed with Shāh Jahān's name, Shah Jahan Holding a Turban Ornament in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.78.6.15), and the relief portrait bust of Shah Jahan in alabaster housed in the Riksmuseum, Amsterdam (12249). The portrait is flanked by two inscribed cartouches with a blue and pink stenciled floral border.
Written in nastaʿlīq script
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Pal, Pratapaditya, et al. Romance of the Taj Mahal. London: Thames and Hudson; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989.
Koch, Ebba. Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology: Collected Essays. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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