Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

first half 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of a Mughal officer holding a pendant standing containing a portrait miniature.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Mughal officer holding portrait miniature, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, first half 18th century
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of a Mughal officer holding a pendant standing containing a portrait miniature.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 172mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 102mm
  • Height: 387mm
  • Width: 285mm
18/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A Mughal officer holding a pendant standing containing a portrait miniature.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(inscribed in Persian at bottom of border)
Transliteration
'khan dauran Khan'
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.56-1965

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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