Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

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

Painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, portrait of a Mughal courtier seated on a marble terrace. His long floral-diapered white jama is tied under the left armpit, in his hand is a small cup. On the masnad beside him is a flask, spittoon, pen box and fly whisk.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Mughal courtier, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, first half 18th century
Physical description
Painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, portrait of a Mughal courtier seated on a marble terrace. His long floral-diapered white jama is tied under the left armpit, in his hand is a small cup. On the masnad beside him is a flask, spittoon, pen box and fly whisk.
Dimensions
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 199mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 131mm
  • Height: 288mm
  • Width: 225mm
18/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A Mughal courtier seated on a marble terrace. His long floral-diapered white jama is tied under the left armpit, in his hand is a small cup. On the masnad beside him is a flask, spittoon, pen box and fly whisk.
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.98-1960

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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