porcelain, octagonal cover with gold finial, the body with delicate polychromed and gold-painted Indian décor, four windows with blue sky, birds in the branches and fantasy birds on the grass. Baluster with four high windows, containing scenic depictions from the life of the Great Moghul of India Zahir ad-Din Muhammad Babur (1483-1530)polychromed and gilt.

Scene 1: the young prince BABUR, after his father Umar Shaykh’ sudden death, had to face the attacks of many local rivals and their claims, and he was able to prevail. Here he is depicted sitting on a gold throne and gesticulating in conversation with a supplicant or rival surrounded by servants and scholars. Palace complex with roof terrace, female peacock and pavilion.

Scene 2: a view of the palace garden, the Grand Moghul BABUR accompanied by two servants is greeted by a gardener, while another gardener is at work. BABUR was proud of the gardens he had planted, they filled him with joy.

Scene 3: BABUR visits the royal women (‘Begums’). Like Babur, they also descend from the line of the great conqueror of Central Asia, Timur-Leng. Babur rarely had the opportunity to speak with two of his aunts, before whom he genuflected as a sign of respect. Palace with roof terrace and small temple, garden terrace with small party, at the centre a tray with four carafes, fence, and horses and people outside.

Scene 4: BABUR with a hunting party, he rides a white horse and shoots with bow and arrow at gazelles chased by beaters from the bushes. Landscape with a small mosque and high craggy rocks. Babur was an avid hunter, and his memoirs contain accounts of numerous hunting trips.
The vase baluster shows generous polychromed and gilt decorative paintings with vegetal elements, total height 80 cm.
Herend Manufactory in Hungary in 1983-1985, in a limited edition of 50 pieces; the present covered vase is no. 13.
The occasion was the commemoration of of fifth centenary of Babur’s birth in 1483.
Painter Cszszár Jośef, in the cover Herend mark PINX, Hungary, c. 1985, design by Kráml Lászlo (died in 1995), active as a porcelain painter from 1962. 
A certificate issued by the Herend company (in French) is available, in a leather sleeve with cover, describing the life of Zahir ad-Din Muhammad Babur (Ru) 

Lit. British Library OR. 3714, ff. 2v-3r, 256v, 173v, 283v,
URL: www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages (01.03.22)

BABUR (meaning “tiger” in Persian), also spelled Babar or Baber, born on 15.2.1483 in the province of Fergana, now Uzbekistan, died on 26.12.1530 in Agra, India.
Emperor, 1526-1530, founder of the Mughal dynasty in North and Central India.
BABUR is a descendant of Mongol conqueror Genghis-Kahn (maternal line), 1155-1227, and also of Turkic conqueror Timur-Leng, called Tamerlan (paternal line), 1336-1405.
BABUR was a military adventurer, a corageous soldier, a brilliant poet and diarist, as well as a statesman. 
His memoirs, which were translated into Persian by his grandson Akbar in the 16th century, provide a vivid insight into the life of the Great Moghul from the age of 12 until his death.

Lit.
T.G. Percival Spears, "Bābur", in: Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica 2019 (23.02.2022); British Library, Memoirs of Babur,