This gorgeous mirror case in @FreerSackler titled Queen in the TAJ Mahal
It was made in 1628 for Shah Jahan acc to the legend in the museum and based on European oval miniature portrait style. The queen was heavily pregnant.
It is signed by Ustad Aqa Riza at Agra dated 1038 AH / 1628 AD
It is lacquer over wood frame and papier-mache or pasteboard, opaque watercolor, gold and silver foil strips on paper
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ہو اللہ
نزاکت آنجمالش گُل ببینے
کہ بارِرنگ شاخِ گُل شکستے
بتاریخ
غرّۂ ماہِ رمضان
Left:
ہو اللہ
شاہجہانے
کمترین خانہ زادانِ
عابد آقا رضا
۱۰۳۷
در بلدۂ آگرہ تحریر یافت