AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN
North-Western India, 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a nobleman riding a chestnut horse, wearing a white tunic and dhoti with a gold sash, an encrusted tulwar (sword) and bow in his saddle, the horse adorned with an encrusted harness and ceremonial accessories, the scene framed within a thin yellow and bold red borders, the verso with a numerical inscription '28' ,circled and written twice, and two marks in black ink, 38.7cm x 28.3 cm.