Company School (19th century), Miniature Portraits of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal

Watercolor, gouache, and gilt on ivory, unsigned, both painted within a finely decorated blue and gilt feigned oval border, each seated within matching throned chairs and holding a rose, presented within later matching scrolled openwork ormolu frames, behind glass with cream matting.

Frame dimensions 11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; image size 4 x 3 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Good estate condition; wafers mounted to backing; minor rubbing to ormolu frame.