A Mughal portrait of a nobleman smoking, India, 17th century, gouache on paper heightened with gold, the sitter depicted on a terrace facing right, his right arm resting on a balustrade, wearing a deep red sash, the face finely painted, within an oval frame and green ground, blank inscription cartouches above and below, within a border of gold flowers on a blue ground, the folio with gold grape bunches and flowering plants within a lattice design, glazed and framed, folio 39.3 x 25cm., image 18 x 12cm. Please refer to department for condition report