Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Royal Elephants from Mughal India

(from 28th Apr until 26th Sep 2010)

A selection of paintings from the distinguished collection of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of The elephant Ganesh Gaj, north India, about 1660 (Lent by Howard Hodgkin, Museum No: LI118.55)

Mughal and Deccani schools

A prince riding an elephant in procession (front)   Elephants fighting (front)   The elephant Khushi Khan (front)

Elephant and rider (front)   The elephant Ganesh Gaj and rider (front)   Royal elephant with mahout (front)

Elephant and keeper (front)   Young elephant eating (front)

Marbled elephant at a trot (front)   Enraged elephant attacking a horse (front)

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