Seated ruler

细节
Seated ruler
Mughal, early 19th century

An album leaf in seventeenth century style, gouache on paper heightened with gold, a seated ruler surrounded by courtiers in a landscape at night, with an elaborate polychrome and gold floral border and added impression from the seal of Jahangir above (some flaking), mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 12 x 8¾in. (30 x 22cm.)

拍品专文

The figural style relates this picture to album leaves in the Wantage and Kervorkian albums (Cary Welch et.al.:The Emperors' Album, New York, 1987). They appear to be produced by a workshop which was augmenting existing 17th century Mughal albums. The seal of Jahangir is also found on some 19th century folios in the above albums.