A Mounted Elephant with Three Keepers in Front

INDIA, MUGHAL, CIRCA 1610-20

Details

A Mounted Elephant with Three Keepers in Front
India, Mughal, circa 1610-20
A mahout holds a goad in his left hand and drives a caparisoned elephant, led by three turbaned men, with black and gold rules, green and orange border; framed
Image: 5 3/8 x 7¼ in. (13.6 x 18.4 cm.) Folio: 4¾ x 6.5 in. (12.1 x 16.8 cm)

Literature

J. Bautze, Indian Miniature Paintings c. 1590 - c. 1850, 1987, cat. no. 3.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Galerie Saundarya Lahari, Indian Miniature Paintings c. 1590 - c. 1850, October/November 1987.

Lot Essay

According to J. Bautze, op. cit., p. 16, this painting comes from the workshop of one of Jahangir's Muslim generals. Comparable works are in the Earnest C. and Jane Werner Watson collection, and another, attributed to Bikaner, is in the Paul F. Walter collection.

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