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ANNOTATED IN FRENCH, "NO. 9 COMABT D'UN ELEPHANT AVEN UN LION," LEFT MARGIN INDIA, OUDH, CIRCA 1770-80
Details
A folio from the Polier Album: Fight of an Elephant with a Lion
Annotated in French, "No. 9 Comabt d'un Elephant aven un Lion," left margin
India, OUdh, circa 1770-80
The large elephant with his mahout seated behind his head, goring a lion with his tusk as his trunk curls around the prey's body, the lion biting and scratching his foe's leg, set in a hilly landscape surrounded by dark blue borders with white flowers inside beige borders with red and green flowers, the French inscription in the far left margin
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
4¼ x 6¼ in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm.), image
9 7/8 x 14 in. (25 x 35.6 cm.), folio
Annotated in French, "No. 9 Comabt d'un Elephant aven un Lion," left margin
India, OUdh, circa 1770-80
The large elephant with his mahout seated behind his head, goring a lion with his tusk as his trunk curls around the prey's body, the lion biting and scratching his foe's leg, set in a hilly landscape surrounded by dark blue borders with white flowers inside beige borders with red and green flowers, the French inscription in the far left margin
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
4¼ x 6¼ in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm.), image
9 7/8 x 14 in. (25 x 35.6 cm.), folio
Provenance
Antoine Louis Henri Polier, acquired between 1767-68
Possibly William Beckford, after 1802
English Private Collection, 1960s
Possibly William Beckford, after 1802
English Private Collection, 1960s