Painting
ca. 1602 - ca. 1604 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, gold on borders, depicting a dead lioness carried by six bearers, led by a hunter, over the ridge of a hill at sundown. The pale tones of blue, green and yellow are counterpointed by a brilliant vermilion.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, hunter, bearers carrying lioness' corpse, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, possibly Allahabad, ca. 1602-1604 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, gold on borders, depicting a dead lioness carried by six bearers, led by a hunter, over the ridge of a hill at sundown. The pale tones of blue, green and yellow are counterpointed by a brilliant vermilion. |
| Content description | A dead lioness carried by six bearers, led by a hunter, over the ridge of a hill at sundown. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Art Fund |
| Object history | Purchased from the Executors of the late Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill. |
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| Accession number | IS.96-1965 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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