A PORTRAIT OF A HALF-MAN HALF-HORSE MYTHICAL CREATURE WITH A BOW Kangra school, Pahari Hills, North India, 18th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a sturdy mythical being holding a bow and arrow in his hands, the elongated neck and ears designed as a horse, the face and body instead human, possibly an interpretation of Hayagriva, the Horse avatar of the God Vishnu, wearing a golden archer's ring, a ruby and emerald-encrusted bazubandand several other encrusted ornaments, cropped and pasted onto a later dark blue frame, mounted, glazed and framed, 35.2cm x 24.5cm including the frame.