[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c19.s1.12 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s1.12 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s1.12 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.12) ‘The most remarkable example of all in the Oriental class,’ he writes, ‘although of modern origin, came to my knowledge among the Webb gems (when sold by Christie and Manson in 1854), the subject being the feat performed by Shāhjahān in cleaving asunder a lion which was mauling a courtier. The inscription consists of two parts \[namely\], “The portrait of the Second Sahib-Qirān, Shāhjahān the victorious emperor,” and the artist's signature “Made by Kan Atem” \[\*sic\*, the reading is impossible\]. The gem probably must be dated early in his reign, for it shows Shāhjahān with a moustache but no beard. He wears a long double row of big pearls round his neck, and, as a pendant, a great convex gem, perhaps the Kohinoor.’² - [Previous: c19.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.11) - [Next: c19.s1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.13) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s1.12) · Pramāṇa