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A goshawk drinkingfront

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A goshawk drinking

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  • Description

    This strong and unusual bird study depicts a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) belonging to a Raja of Mandi, where hawking was an especially popular royal pursuit. Leaving its painted perch, the goshawk has alighted on its water-bowl, an exotic blue and white jardinière of Chinese origin.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Mandi (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1730
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold and silver on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 24.7 x 30.3 x 2.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    page 14.1 x 19.9 cm (height x width)
    painting 11.6 x 17.1 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold,
    processed material › metal › silver
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.106

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 65 on p. 154, p. 152, illus. p. 155

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    • Returned to lender

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