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Preparatory Portrait of Buhol Dana Ghazni
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This small fragment depicts a figure in profile, wearing a turban and a robe (jama). He has dark hair, a long dark beard, and a slight mustache. Although the bottom portion of the portrait is missing, it appears that the This small fragment depicts a figure in profile, wearing a turban and a robe (jama). He has dark hair, a long dark beard, and a slight mustache. Although the bottom portion of the portrait is missing, it appears that the figure is kneeling, with his hands on his lap.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Hervey E. Wetzel
Title: Preparatory Portrait of Buhol Dana Ghazni
Description:
This small fragment depicts a figure in profile, wearing a turban and a robe (jama).
He has dark hair, a long dark beard, and a slight mustache.
Although the bottom portion of the portrait is missing, it appears that the This small fragment depicts a figure in profile, wearing a turban and a robe (jama).
He has dark hair, a long dark beard, and a slight mustache.
Although the bottom portion of the portrait is missing, it appears that the figure is kneeling, with his hands on his lap.
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