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Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants

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Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper, India (Rajasthan Mewar)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund 2003
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Title: Maharana Amar Singh II Is Shown Two Silver Elephants
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Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper, India (Rajasthan Mewar).

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