An Elephant fight

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An Elephant fight
Kangra, circa 1840

gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a young maharaja acting as a mahout battling an older adversary, surrounded by numerous onlookers in an open space with the palace visible in the background, (negligible flaking), framed and glazed
9 1/8 x 11¼in. (23.4 x 28.8cm.)

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