A MINIATURE OF A BATTLE SCENE, MUGHAL INDIA, AKBAR WORKSHOPS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY A MINIATURE OF A BATTLE SCENE, MUGHAL INDIA, AKBAR WORKSHOPS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

A MINIATURE OF A BATTLE SCENE, MUGHAL INDIA, AKBAR WORKSHOPS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART4001406

Two armies, made up of twelve horsemen, armed with sabers and spears and two mahouts on elephant backs, are engaged in battle; some, taken aback, lie wounded.
On the back, text from two Nastaliq banners, surrounded by smaller inscriptions on a background of polychrome flowers.
The album page features four seals of Mughal princes of Lucknow: Amjad Ali Shah, Asaf ud-Dowlah Yahya Khan, Sulayman Shah, Wajid Ali Shah.
40.5 by 27.8 cm.

PROVENANCE
Former collection of Professor Donald Robertson (Cambridge University).