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Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir

early 1600s
Gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The pearl earring denotes Jahangir’s affiliation with an order of Sufi mystics.

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