'Spotted Forktail', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1610–15; verso ca. 1540, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on silk, H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm), Codices, Painting by Abu'l Hasan (Indian, born ca. 1588/89, active 1600–1628), Jahangir (r. 1605–27) ordered this portrait of a spotted forktail from Abu'l Hasan, the artist upon whom he bestowed the honorific title 'Wonder of the Age.' The inscription states that the emperor’s servants hunted this particular bird but does not say whether they killed it or merely captured it before it was portrayed
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Spotted Forktail, Folio, Shah Jahan Album, recto, ca, 1610–15, verso ca, 1540, Attributed, India, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, silk, H, 15 3/16, 38.6 cm, Codices, Painting by Abu'l Hasan, Indian, born ca., 1588/89, active, 1600–1628, Jahangir, r, 1605–27, ordered, portrait, spotted forktail, Abu'l, artist upon whom, bestowed, honorific title, Wonder, Age, inscription states, emperor, servants, hunted, particular bird, say whether, killed, merely captured, portrayed
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