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Drawing

ca. 1610-1620 (made)
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Line drawing with coloured wash, depicting mythical beasts with a herd of elephants.

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read The arts of the Mughal Empire The great age of Mughal art lasted from about 1580 to 1650 and spanned the reigns of three emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Hindu and Muslim artists and craftsmen from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent worked with Iranian masters in the masculine environment of the r...

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Line drawing with coloured wash
Ink
Paint
Wash
Paper
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing, mythical beast with a herd of elephants, line drawing with coloured wash, Mughal, ca. 1610-1620
Physical description
Line drawing with coloured wash, depicting mythical beasts with a herd of elephants.
DimensionsHalf Imperial Mount (Portrait)
Content description
Mythical beasts (simurghs) with a herd of elephants.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Purchased from Dr A K Coomaraswamy
Object history
IM.155-1914 to IM.157-1914 bought in 1914 from Mr M. K. Heeramanek for £50.

Purchased from Dr A K Coomaraswamy, 39, Brookfield, West Hill, Highgate, N. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.
Subjects depicted
Elephants
Mythical Beasts
Bibliographic references
  • Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773819 p.35, ill. Daniel Walker, Flowers Underfoot. Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, fig. 30, p. 40.
  • Stronge, S. Made for Mughal Emperors. Royal Treasures from Hindustan. London and New York, 2010 p. 205, pl. 166
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.155-1914

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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