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Unknown (Deccan or North India, Mughal)
Captive Elephant, ca. 1600
opaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.
Gift of Wendy Findlay
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Unknown (Deccan or North India, Mughal)
Captive Elephant, ca. 1600

Under Mughal leadership in northern India, Hindu and Muslim subjects lived together in relative harmony. Likewise, artistic cultures blend in this watercolor of a captured and bound elephant. While the subject is Mughal, the landscape and architectural elements are Persian in manner. The intricate Persian-style border was possibly added by a dealer at the time of the watercolor's completion to make the work more suitable for framing.



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