Bracelet with Mughal Miniature Portraits

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Malyka
by The Walters Art Museum
published on 26 September 2023
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Gold bracelet with miniature portraits of three Mughal emperors and their royal wives, watercolors on ivory by Indian Mughal miniaturists in Delhi (1860-1870).

The third oval from the left is a portrait of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar (r. 1837-57, d. 1862). The fourth oval is a portrait of Arjumand Banu Begam, also known as Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58).

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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