Lot Essay
The elephant here seems to have escaped its tether, which drags behind it across the grassy hillside. The implied wild careering of the elephant serves to heighten the imagined bravery of the rider.
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MUGHAL INDIA, PROBABLY ALLAHABAD, CIRCA 1600-1605
Details
PRINCE SALIM RIDING AN ESCAPED ELEPHANT
MUGHAL INDIA, PROBABLY ALLAHABAD, CIRCA 1600-1605
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, backed on cream card
Painting 7 ½ x 5 1/8 ins. (19.1 x 13.2 cm.); folio 11 5/8 x 9 ¼ ins. (29.5 x 23.6 cm.)
MUGHAL INDIA, PROBABLY ALLAHABAD, CIRCA 1600-1605
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, backed on cream card
Painting 7 ½ x 5 1/8 ins. (19.1 x 13.2 cm.); folio 11 5/8 x 9 ¼ ins. (29.5 x 23.6 cm.)
Provenance
The Khosrovani-Diba Collection; sold, Sotheby’s, London, 19 October 2016, lot 3
Exhibited
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, pp.442-43, no.171
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Rahul Kadakia