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18th Century Miniature painting from the collections of Antoine Polier and JeanBaptiste Gentil
Miniature painting executed at the provincial court of Awadh in the late 18th century has been stigmatized as inferior, ornately colored imitations of Mughal originals, meant primarily for European consumption. The Polier collection (at the Museum für Islamisches Kunst, Berlin) and the Gentil collection (at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), both...Roy, Malini