Mughal Court Mughal School Detached folio from a dispersed manuscript; Nawab Ja'far Khan from the Impey Album; inscription in Persian nasta'liq script on the top of the folio reads: portrait of Nawab Ja'far Khan; seal on the back. Border: The painting is set in gold, black and white rulings with a dark blue floral scroll border surrounded by a narrow gold band, mounted on a gold-sprinkled paperboard. On the top, "portrait of Nawab Ja'far Khan." Arthur M. Sackler Collection A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1770
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 47 x 23.7 cm (18 1/2 x 9 5/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.435
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f4cad285647d974a22426de74ca87e07
