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A Cat Wounded by Hunters

about 1600
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 29.5 × 20.7 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number17.74
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ClassificationsPaintings
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InscriptionsInscription in front: In upper margin, in Persian: "Shabih-i Shahzada Daniyal" (=picture of Prince Daniyal). Inscription in back: Four lines of Nastaliq calligraphy, transliterated and translated by AKC (see notes, below)
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA from Luzac & Co., London, No. 586 for £4. 10 through Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy.