Lot Essay
In order to get the strength to steal the nectar of immortality (amrita) from the gods, Garuda devours six elephants.
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PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
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GARUDA DEVOURS ELEPHANTS
PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Opaque pigments on paper, the fierce bird with flaming feathers, holding elephants in its beak and claws, standing within a hilly landscape on dark blue ground, within blue, black and silver rules and red borders
8 x 7 1/8in. (20.4 x 18.3cm.)
PROBABLY UDAIPUR, MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Opaque pigments on paper, the fierce bird with flaming feathers, holding elephants in its beak and claws, standing within a hilly landscape on dark blue ground, within blue, black and silver rules and red borders
8 x 7 1/8in. (20.4 x 18.3cm.)
Provenance
Ex Oscar Leneman Collection
Sotheby’s Colonnade, London, 18 October 1996, lot 64
Sotheby’s Colonnade, London, 18 October 1996, lot 64
Literature
Patrick Carre, Dieux, tigres et amours, Miniatures indiennes du XVe au XXe siecle, Collection d'Oscar Leneman, Paris, 1993, pp.88-89.
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