ANTIQUE 19 CENTURY MINIATURE PERSIAN PAINTING 

THEME: 4 HUNTERS ON HORSEBACK (3" X 2") IN GEOMETRIC MOSAIC, METICULOUSLY INLAID WOOD FRAME                         (5.25" X 4.25"). THE DRAMATIC SCENE INCLUDES 4 MEN WITH SWORDS AND SPEARS ON HORSEBACK 
                IN PURSUIT OF 4 DEER. THE  FIGURES ARE ARRANGED ON A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH UNUSUAL                                 GREEN FOLIAGE (CEDAR, CYPRIS) IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS THEME WAS POPULAR IN BOTH                                     MUGHAL AND PERSIAN EMPIRES. IT IS NO KNOWN IF IT IS OIL OR WATERCOLOR. IT DOES NOT APPEAR                     TO BE ON PAPER BUT ON A HARD SURFACE WHICH IS SET ON BROWN FELT.

CONDITION: EXCELLENT +, THE PAINTING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT UNEVENLY FROM A LARGE PAINTING AND SET IN THE WOOD AND GLASS FRAME. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE PAINTING OR THE FRAME. THE PAINTING IS UNSIGNED. THE PAINTING IS SEALED IN THE FRAME AND HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUTSIDE THE FRAME. 

NOTE: SELLER IS NOT AN ART PAINTING EXPERT OR APPRAISER.