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AKS-05
Portrait of Shahjahan Padishah (1628-1658) in his elder years wearing pink
robe, holding two swords and a dagger
By Ganga Ram Shahjahani, India
Gouache on paper
Probably 18th century
L: 6.75 in. (17.145 cm),
W: 3.25 in. (8.255 cm)
Shah Jahan stands on a dark ground wearing a
sword and thrusting dagger he holds a second sword with his right hand.
He is clad in a pink robe with gold waist sash and a gold turban
with light turban decoration. The landscape stretches to a horizon about 1/8th of the
distance from the upper margin of the composition.
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