A GROUP OF ELEVEN INDIAN MINIATURES Company School, Delhi, North India, late 19th century  Opaque pigments on oval ivory medallions, comprising a set of nine miniatures mounted in a carved ebony frame and depicting the Mughal emperors Akbar and Shah Jahan, the empress Mumtaz Mahal, Jahangir's consort Nur Jahan, and renowned Indian monuments, such as the Lal Qila, the Qutb Minar, the I'timad-ud-Daulah mausoleum and the Taj Mahal, 22cm x 20.5cm; a portrait of a Maharaja wearing a light blue turban, bright yellow outfit, several strands of pearls and emerald-encrusted pendants, on his forehead the Vaishnava tilaka, also called Urdhva Pundra, the two white lines which the Vaishnava devotees paint on their foreheads, mounted, glazed and framed, 10cm long; and a depiction of the goddess Kali dancing on the corpse of Lord Shiva, mounted, glazed and framed, 12cm x 11cm. Provenance: Sotheby's London, Wormington Manor House Sale, 21 and 22 July 2003, lot 402A and in private UK collection since.