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Betel being offered to Ghiyath Shahi, from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah, 1495-1505 (opaque w/c...

Betel being offered to Ghiyath Shahi, from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah, 1495-1505 (opaque w/c on paper)
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Betel being offered to Ghiyath Shahi, from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah, 1495-1505 (opaque w/c on paper)
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Indian School / Indian
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
opaque watercolour on paper
Date
1495 AD - 1505 AD (C15th AD - C16th AD)
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Leaf-eating written in large 'naskh' in the right hand border of the folio. Ghiyath Shahi being offered betel chews by a dark attendant. He is seated on a stool out of doors. Betel being prepared in the foreground by a man, using a pestle and mortar, and by a woman. Large round plate in the centre. Sultanate style. Image taken from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript on Indian cookery and the preparation of sweetmeats, spices etc.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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servant / India / Asia / food / royalty / grinding / pounding / garden / cookery / preparing / asia / royal / monarch / manuscript / asian / indian / 15th / pestle / outdoors / 16th / islamic / chews / mortar / king / muslim / ruler / naskh / ghiyath al-din / shah / sultan / ni'matnama-i nasir al-din shah / ghiyath / Painting / Mzpainting

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