Tibetan Yak with Vignettes of Animals
c. 1610
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Description
A large Tibetan yak stands in profile and faces to the left. Based on the small horns that curve upright, the yak is female. It wears a bright red muzzle. The back right leg is unfinished. The painting is pasted onto a larger sheet of paper. In the corners of this larger sheet of paper are small vignettes that feature different animals among flowers and against a gold background are pasted onto the painting. Clockwise from the top left is: a ram; two long-haired goats; a nilgai, an antelope indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and a ram; and a type of goat or ram with long upright horns. Mughal Style.
Dimensions
8.2 x 16 cm (3 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
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