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Portrait of a hawk

Made By Delhi, India
CultureIndian
Datemid to late 19th century
Dimensionsframe: 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (41.9 x 34.3 cm)
sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. (35.9 x 26.4 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of Peter J. and Jane B. Stewart
Terms
  • hawk
  • feathers
  • rock
Object numberM.2006.2.17
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Inscribedinscribed at top: [from a poem by the famous medieval Persian poet Hafiz, from his ghazal number 404, translated:] If I don't give my heart to this beautiful/beloved youth, then what else will I do!/ Mother-Time has not a better child than this; in Arabic script added: "She is mourning for her lost child".
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