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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.84
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Hunting Scene with Falcons
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216335

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Pahari Style
Dimensions
22.2 x 31.3 cm (8 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.84
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
In this unfinished painting, a large hunting party is depicted on a rolling green landscape. The hunters are shown mounted, on foot leading their horses, or simply on foot. One member of the party is in a cart drawn by two, large, white oxen. A mounted figure on the far right holds up his left arm on which a falcon is perched. Towards the bottom middle of the page is a caparisoned horse. An attendant dressed in a green turban and green robe (jama) holds the steed by the reins in one hand, while holding a matchlock gun in the other. The horse most likely belongs to the figure on the left. He wears a green turban and long green robe. The figure holds up, by the neck, a white goose. At his feet a falcon attacks a brown, black, and white duck. In the top left corner, white geese circle in the air, with another bird nearly in the middle. Pahari Style.

Verification Level

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