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HYDERABAD, DECCAN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A PRINCESS ON HORSEBACK AMIDST RAMPAGING ELEPHANTS
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Transparent pigments and gold on paper, depicting two rampaging elephants, one ridden by a haloed figure identified as Shah Jahan Padshah in black nasta'liq script, a tiger attacking a bull and princess mounted on horse and hunting, surrounded by various attendants, laid down on gilt card decorated with a lattice of floral sprays, the reverse inscribed 'Shah Jahan as Shikar', mounted and glazed
Painting 10.1/4 x 7.5/8in. (26 x 19.5cm.); folio 21.1/4 x 14.1/2in. (54 x 37cm.)
HYDERABAD, DECCAN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Transparent pigments and gold on paper, depicting two rampaging elephants, one ridden by a haloed figure identified as Shah Jahan Padshah in black nasta'liq script, a tiger attacking a bull and princess mounted on horse and hunting, surrounded by various attendants, laid down on gilt card decorated with a lattice of floral sprays, the reverse inscribed 'Shah Jahan as Shikar', mounted and glazed
Painting 10.1/4 x 7.5/8in. (26 x 19.5cm.); folio 21.1/4 x 14.1/2in. (54 x 37cm.)
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