A MOUNTED FALCONER MEETS A WOODCUTTER
MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the noble man wears a plain white turban and a red tunic, facing right, depicted mounted on his richly harnessed hunting steed, with hawking drum attached to the saddle, holding a falcon on his gloved right arm and extending his left hand towards a woodcutter carrying a load of wood on his back, in a mountainous landscape, a fortified city in the background, framed in aubergine and cream margins, in white, gold, blue and red rules, laid on card with purple borders and orange rules
Painting 5 ¼ x 3 ¾in. (13.2 x 9.5cm.), page 13 ½ x 8 1/8in. (34.2 x 20.5cm.),

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