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Portrait of Shah Jahan

perhaps 17th century
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueInk on snakeskin
Dimensions5.6 x 5 cm (2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.104
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsPersian inscription above frame.
ProvenanceBy 1915, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)
Group shot: 2016.519.2-3
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Group shot: 2009.4375.1-2
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