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NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A NOBLE MAN AND HIS FALCON
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and pen on paper, standing and facing right, wearing a white turban and plain tunic held with a gold thread sash embroidered with floral sprays, a kard and a shamshir at his sides, looking straight at his falcon perched on his gloved left hand, the lanyard and a floral bud in his right, blue margins with gold floral tendrils, in red, yellow and gold rules, laid on pink speckled card, framed and glazed
Visible 8 ½ x 5 5/8in. (21.6 x 14.2cm.)
NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and pen on paper, standing and facing right, wearing a white turban and plain tunic held with a gold thread sash embroidered with floral sprays, a kard and a shamshir at his sides, looking straight at his falcon perched on his gloved left hand, the lanyard and a floral bud in his right, blue margins with gold floral tendrils, in red, yellow and gold rules, laid on pink speckled card, framed and glazed
Visible 8 ½ x 5 5/8in. (21.6 x 14.2cm.)
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