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Captive Elephant

Artist Deccan (or North India, Mughal)
CultureIndian
Datec. 1600
Mediumopaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Dimensionssheet: 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (42.9 x 29.9 cm)
image: 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (18.7 x 12.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of Wendy Findlay
Terms
  • elephant
  • landscape
  • figures
Object number83.7
Descriptionremargined
Collections
  • Indian
Inscribedno inscription
On View
Not on view
Provenance(Sotheby's, London); sold to Wendy Findlay, 1975; to present collection, 1983
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