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Night hunting scene with torch-bearing figures and bowmen among trees, deer leaping at right, framed by a gold and pink patterned border.

Deer-stalking at night

A night hunting scene on a dark ground, where figures with torches and bows move among trees beneath a pale sky, while deer leap at the right edge. The painting in color and gold sits within a patterned border of gold arabesques on a pink ground, with its lower right corner torn away.

Artist
Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan
Date
18th century
Medium
Color and gold on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3000 × 2152 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1800).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Caza de ciervos de noche

Una escena nocturna de caza sobre un fondo oscuro, donde figuras con antorchas y arcos se mueven entre árboles bajo un cielo pálido, mientras unos ciervos saltan en el borde derecho. La pintura en color y oro está enmarcada por una franja de arabescos dorados sobre fondo rosado, con la esquina inferior derecha rasgada.

Português: Caça aos cervos à noite

Uma cena noturna de caça sobre um fundo escuro, onde figuras com tochas e arcos se movem entre árvores sob um céu pálido, enquanto cervos saltam na borda direita. A pintura em cor e ouro está emoldurada por uma faixa de arabescos dourados sobre fundo rosado, com o canto inferior direito rasgado.