Mounted Hunter with Dog Pursuing Game Birds, 16th century, Attributed to Iran, Ink and transparent watercolor on paper, 4.75 in. high 3.62 in. wide (12.1 cm high 9.2 cm wide), Codices, The tiny holes around the figure of this hunter chasing game birds indicate that this sketch was used as a pounce, to copy the image onto another work. In Islamic paintings, stock figures that filled court or battle scenes or natural elements that elaborated landscape backgrounds were often copied into a number of compositions from preexisting sketches such as this
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