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Puzzlewood no655 860pc Cornelis Van Den Bogaerde Gives An Audience Indian Miniature c1687 21x16in Box 7

Heather's usual giftbox packaging from June 2018, before she started using a muslin bag. The guide image is under the lid and easier to hide.

 

The image is a miniature c1687 from Golconda on loan to the New York Metropolitan Museum.

The original is of opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper,

Dimensions: 7 15/16 × 10 5/16 in. (20.2 × 26.2 cm)/ 14 3/16 × 17 5/16 in. (36 × 44 cm). The David Collection, Copenhagen, 43/2008

 

Golconda was one of the most affluent cities of medieval and early modern India. Golconda is located on the Deccan plain, an area to the south-east of present-day Bombay. Between 1512 and 1687, the city was the centre of an independent kingdom ruled by the Qutb Shahi, a Shia Muslim dynasty.

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Uploaded on April 23, 2024