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A mahout driving an elephant through a flowered field

Creation date: ca. 1690

Creation place: India

Other Information

Type: Watercolor Painting

Medium and Support: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

Accession Number: 1990.907

State/Province: Rajasthan

Dimensions: 8 21/32 in. x 9 19/32 in. (22 cm x 24.4 cm)

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, England (March 29, 1982 - March 29, 1982)

Edwin Binney 3rd, San Diego, California (March 29, 1982 - August 27, 1990)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (August 27, 1990 - )

Label Copy

February 2020
Elephant in the Room
(Ladan Akbarnia)
Although this fragmented album folio represents the rich culture of album-making in seventeenth-century India, the vibrant, earthy tones brightening both the portrait of a mahout driving an adorned, running elephant and the pasted floral strips decorating its borders distinguish this Rajasthani work from its Mughal and Deccani counterparts.
Last Updated: 4/4/2022

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Elephant in the Room: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art , 00/00/00 - 00/00/00

Elephant in the Room: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art , 00/00/00 - 00/00/00

The Elephant in the Room: Indian Paintings from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection The San Diego Museum of Art , 2/29/2020 - 7/18/2021

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Catalogue of Fine Indian Miniatures, Indian and Other Works of Art, with Related Material by European Artists, Sotheby's. London, England, March 29, 1982
Page Number: 62, Lot no. 134

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