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Prisoner

Apparently a Turkoman or Tartar Nomad

Gouache and gold. 14.5x11 cm. Iran. 16th century.
Source: State Hermitage Museum.

Compare: The Turkoman prisoner; a man kneeling, with his wrist fettered to his neck, and a quiver of arrows on his belt, in an Indian painting.

Paintings of Nomad Turkmen
Persia Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers