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Royal elephant with mahoutfront

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Royal elephant with mahout

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  • Description

    This sensitively modelled elephant stands peacefully obedient to the instructions of his mahout, against a pale green ground. He is fully caparisoned and decked with two saddle-cloths laid crossways; the richer floral cloth no doubt awaits a princely rider.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1660
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 35.9 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 24 x 28.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.47

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 24 on p. 70, pp. 18 & 188, illus. pp. 13 & 71

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    • Returned to lender

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