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A Mounted Elephant with Three Keepers
Mughal, early seventeenth century
gouache on paper heightened with gold, a mahout drives a carapisoned elephant from right to left, while three keepers walk ahead, two of whom carry sticks, (slight rubbing, one corner repainted), leaf laid down on card with green, orange and gold margins
miniature 5¼ x 7¼in. (13.6 x 18.4cm)
leaf 4¾ x 18.5in. (12.1 x 16.8cm.)
Bautze,J; Indian Miniature Painting. c.1590-c.1850. Amsterdam: Galerie Saundarya Lahari. 1987
Mughal, early seventeenth century
gouache on paper heightened with gold, a mahout drives a carapisoned elephant from right to left, while three keepers walk ahead, two of whom carry sticks, (slight rubbing, one corner repainted), leaf laid down on card with green, orange and gold margins
miniature 5¼ x 7¼in. (13.6 x 18.4cm)
leaf 4¾ x 18.5in. (12.1 x 16.8cm.)
Bautze,J; Indian Miniature Painting. c.1590-c.1850. Amsterdam: Galerie Saundarya Lahari. 1987