"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Painting attributed to Manohar, recto: ca. 1615–20; verso: ca. 1530–50

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Black Buck', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1615–20; verso: ca. 1530–50, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm), Codices, Painting attributed to Manohar (active ca. 1582–1624), The squarish format of this painting of a black buck, attributed to the artist Manohar, required filling the extra space within the 'window' of the border, adroitly accomplished with two leaves of poetry, possibly taken from a type of narrow oblong manuscript known as a safina

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