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A portrait of Aristu Jah flying a kite
Hyderabad, circa A.D. 1810 or slightly later
Gouache on paper, with Aristu Jah sitting on a terrace facing right, holding the red string of a flying kite in both hands, a padan, spittoon and water-pipe are placed in front of him on a yellow carpet, heightened with gold
14 x 10.7 cm (minute flaking)
Hyderabad, circa A.D. 1810 or slightly later
Gouache on paper, with Aristu Jah sitting on a terrace facing right, holding the red string of a flying kite in both hands, a padan, spittoon and water-pipe are placed in front of him on a yellow carpet, heightened with gold
14 x 10.7 cm (minute flaking)
Literature
Bautze, Op. Cit., p. 32