The fake paintings sadly lack these qualities

[shweta_narayan]

As we have seen already in the paintings of Jahangir and Shah Jahan's time, colours are applied in many thin coatings so as to impart the painting depth and an enamelling effect. The fake paintings sadly lack these qualities. To amend the defects of colour the painters have taken recourse to stippling...

- Moti Chandra, The Technique of Mughal

Comments

[spinningstar]

Woooooow. *stares at all the details*

[strigine]

Ohhhhhhh. *chinhands*

[kalichan]

Gauzy curtain for the win! I love that effect and it combines with the metals really nicely. And the patterns! Super evocative.

[txanne]

OMG is that a SILK VEIL? *faints from joy*

[caprine]

How very lovely!