c. 1745
The page is filled with leaping antelopes executed with varying degrees of detail and in different sizes. The black and colorful swirls that can be found through the page signify the artist testing strokes and colors, as well as adjusting the amount of pigment held in the brushes. Rajput style, Kota school.
9 x 17.8 cm (3 9/16 x 7 in.)
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1976 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1976.
Black ink on deer skin (charba)
18th centuryIndianInk and opaque watercolor on paper
18th-19th centuryIndianInk and opaque watercolor on paper
18th centuryIndianInk and watercolor on paper
18th centuryIndianInk and orange color on paper
18th-19th centuryIndianInk and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
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18th centuryIndianInk on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
18th centuryIndianInk on paper; Rajput Style
18th centuryIndianInk on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
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18th centuryIndianInk on paper
18th centuryIndian