A painting of two queens on a boar hunt
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A painting of two queens on a boar hunt

NORTH INDIA, DELHI, 19TH CENTURY

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A painting of two queens on a boar hunt
North India, Delhi, 19th century
Depicting two women on horseback striking the final blows to a boar that has brought an attendant to the ground, a dog biting into his hindquarters, all in a verdant rolling landscape with a blue sky above, surrounded by a red border with an inscription at top
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (19.4 x 25.1 cm.), folio

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The inscription reads "Dilli ki paan; sajada shikaar kelti," giving the artist's location as Delhi and the subject as two women playing at the hunt.

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