The Youthful Shah Jahan Out Riding

The youthful Shah Jahan out riding, as cherubs look on

A Double-sided Miniature: Shah Jahan on a Horse. India, Mughal, 17th Century. Gouache and gold on paper; depicting the nimbated Shah Jahan riding with lance raised, with angels above and a city in the distance, with gold and blue borders bearing gold scrollwork; the reverse with a nimbated young prince seated on a rocky outcrop holding a falcon and facing his attendant, surrounded by a gold border with nastaliq calligraphy in cartouches and salmon colored border with gold scrollwork; mounted on an album page decorated with flowers on both sides, the reverse bearing a circular stamp with nastaliq inscriptions at upper left corner of album page.

Folio : 15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (38.4 x 26.4 cm.);
Image : 10 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (26.5 x 18.5 cm.).”