Moghul miniatures hold court at £3000

On a day when some unusual offerings caught the eye at the Nottingham sale held by Mellors & Kirk, one such lot was a set of 36 Anglo-Indian Company School Delhi or Agra oval miniatures dating to 1827 and depicting India’s nobility and their wives, six of whom are shown right.

The 2 x 1 1/2in (5 x 4cm) watercolours had failed when offered by a national charity in a major Lond…

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