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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1271553, member: 2844&quot;]You identified the lady correctly, it is Mughal empress Nur Jahan, the Afghan beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are absolutely right, it is not Mughal era, but Mughal style, made in Kashmir, NW India. That colourful lacquer is typical of Kashmir.</p><p>It is not very old, but very pretty. Kashmiri sellers generally call the material &#039;faux ivory&#039;, which could be anything from bone to a modern plastic.</p><p>Mughal themed miniatures are still being painted today in northern India and Pakistan. They copy the old Mughal era miniatures, often copies of copies, always in the historic style. It is a traditional art of the region, just like the Persians still paint Persian miniatures. The original could have been in a Mughal book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately something happened to cause smudging in the centre of the portrait, just where her face is. The lower part of her face, her ear, her headdress and the details of her jewellery are smeared. Probably some *** tried to clean it.</p><p>I take it from your post that you haven&#039;t bought it yet, so I would say, don&#039;t be tempted by her beauty, don&#039;t buy. There will be other Mughal style miniatures on your path.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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