AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A RAJPUT NOBLEMAN
Rajasthan, North Western India, late 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a Rajput nobleman on a black steed, wearing a black heron feather on his sarpech (turban ornament) and the typical black dhal (shield) on his shoulders, holding a golden staff, flanked by two foot attendants with white yaks' tails fly whisks, mounted, framed and glazed, 46cm x 39cm including the frame.