Sale 219 Lot 160

BHIL HUNTERS STALKING DEER IN A NOCTURNAL LANDSCAPE Provincial Mughal, circa 1770 Opaque pigments and gold on paper. Set against a dark, star-lit nocturnal landscape, this finely detailed Provincial Mughal miniature depicts a nocturnal hunt by Bhil tribespeople. On the right, a female figure dressed in a leaf skirt holds a torch and a small bell to lure and startle game toward the hunters, accompanied by two male companions: one drawing a bow and another holding a musket. To the left, a illuminated clearing displays startled deer fleeing near a riverbank. In the foreground, a hunter returns carrying a slain deer over his shoulders toward a seated female figure preparing food over an open campfire near a rocky cave shelter. Mounted on an album page featuring illuminated floral scrollwork and fine rule borders. Framed. Not examined out of frame. Drawing: 9.5 x 7 inches; frame: 17.5 x 12.5 inches
$3,000-5,000