Seated Man with Bird on Yellow Ground, Mandi School

A seated man in a pink tunic and patterned sash, wearing a jeweled turban with a dark plume, holds a small bird near his hand and leans on red bolsters. He sits on a blue-bordered platform before a bright yellow ground flanked by flowering trees, rendered in opaque watercolor on paper with a red border.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1690

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

3992 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art