A Holy Man Meditates (Shrine with Sleeping Ascetic)
Attributed to Daswanth
Mughal
Beneath a gnarled tree, an ascetic sleeps with head on knees before a small, domed shrine. A small cook tends the fires beneath a pot in the foreground, and in the background a disciple gazes upon the ascetic.
Black ink and opaque watercolor over traces of charcoal on beige laid paper
Mughal period