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Khan Jahan Lodi.

Catalogue reference: Johnson 18,20

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Johnson 18,20
Title
Khan Jahan Lodi.
Date
c 1620
Description

Khan Jahan Lodi (d.1631). Mughal, c.1620. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders of gold arabesques and an outer margin of flowering plants in gold; reinforced at the edges with grey paper. 161 by 98 mm; page 377 by 243 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in 'nasta'liq' calligraphy by 'Abdallah al-Husaini; 17th century. Khan Jahan stands on grass facing right, holding a decorated gold 'pan' box in both hands. He is dressed in a pink jama and spirally striped trousers; green background. Note: This portrait has been identified by comparison with two pictures in the Victoria and Albert Museum; I.S.312-1951, and I.S.9-1925 (Stchoukine (1929), pl.XXVII).

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Medium: opaque watercolour.
Unpublished finding aids
Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 47
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Khan Jahan Lodi.