Attributed to Bishandas; Abu'l Hasan proposed in published scholarship
Two rival rulers sit together in a setting of jewels, vessels, flowers and winged figures. The meeting is imaginary: Jahangir and Shah Abbas never met. A tiny European mechanical sculpture adds another layer to the spectacle. The painting makes hospitality a claim to power, while its later Iranian borders and dispersed album history reveal a journey far beyond the Mughal court.
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