Gurajat Moghal Powder Pear Fish

In all its manifestations – architecture, painting, minor arts – the art of the Mughals bears witness to very particular qualities: balance and measure, discreet and refined sumptuousness, care in execution. It is also endowed with a certain originality which allowed it, from formulas borrowed from both Persia and India, to create a particular style, which itself largely influenced the princely courts of Hindu India from the 17th to the 19th century. This powder flask, made like a jewel with its bone plates that take the form of a fish, must have belonged to Shah Jahan, or to Aurangzeb who could have received it from his father. These kings were not honored with the title of Maharajah, but it is prettier. 18th century powder flask, museum object, in perfect condition.