Cleveland Museum of Art
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) · 1764
The archer’s thumb ring is for drawing the bowstring. Perhaps he was left-handed.
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