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Lot 310
Sale 1077 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Sep 23, 2022
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$1,750
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Lot Description
Two Indian Paintings Depicting Figures and Animals
18TH-19TH CENTURY
18-19世紀 印度細密畫兩幅
(1) Elephant with a Mahout
(Mughal, India, circa 1760)
The elephant facing left with pink trunk and ear, white and gold tusks, with a decorative saddle-cloth in orange, green and gold, white tassel, and bells at his girth and neck, the mahout wears a white jama with a blue turban and holds a golden goad, pale green background. Framed.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3264, Lot 240, November 19, 1971.
(2) Maharaja on a Rearing Horse
(Jodphur, circa 1830)
with a groom with fly-whisk at the side.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 2933, Lot 127, November 15, 1969.
(1) Elephant with a Mahout
(Mughal, India, circa 1760)
The elephant facing left with pink trunk and ear, white and gold tusks, with a decorative saddle-cloth in orange, green and gold, white tassel, and bells at his girth and neck, the mahout wears a white jama with a blue turban and holds a golden goad, pale green background. Framed.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 3264, Lot 240, November 19, 1971.
(2) Maharaja on a Rearing Horse
(Jodphur, circa 1830)
with a groom with fly-whisk at the side.
Provenance:
Acquired from Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Sale 2933, Lot 127, November 15, 1969.
Image of the elephant example: 9 1/4 x 7 in., 23.2 x 18 cm.
Property from Anne Gurewich Gordon, Bethesda, Maryland