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Hunting Tigers from the Back of an Elephant
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Værkdatering: 1958-1959
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Kota Ruler Watches an Elephant Combat
Kota Ruler Watches an Elephant Combat
The drawing features an elephant combat gone awry. The royal spectacle of an elephant combat consists of two elephants fighting with a wall in between. The wall is intended to prev...
Stilleben med död svan, en påfågel och en hund vid en trädgårdsfontän
Stilleben med död svan, en påfågel och en hund vid en trädgårdsfontän
Aquisition of the month, September 2016: A Hunting Still Life by Jan Weenix Nationalmuseum has acquired a large, masterfully executed game still life dating from 1684 by the Dutch ...
Figur. Rökelsehållare. Kangxi, Qingdynastin.
Figur. Rökelsehållare. Kangxi, Qingdynastin.
FIGURE. Elephant White, standing with his head bent down and turned to the right. The body shaped in vaults and spirals. On the back a brown saddle, saddle cover in brown and yello...
Elephants Approaching a Palace (recto, fragment); Pricked drawing of Matsya, Visnhu’s Fish Avatar (verso, fragment)
Elephants Approaching a Palace (recto, fragment); Pricked drawing of Matsya, Visnhu’s Fish Avatar (verso, fragment)
On the recto side of this page is a large caparisoned elephant approaching a palace with its trunk raised up, saluting a figure on the palace’s balcony. Due to the missing portion ...
Nobleman and Trainer Mounted on an Elephant
Nobleman and Trainer Mounted on an Elephant
Seated at the base of the neck of an elephant is a Rajput nobleman, identified by the type of earring he wears and turban style. He carries an elephant goad (ankus) in his left han...
Rao Ram Singh I of Kota, as a Prince, Slays a Rhinoceros from an Elephant
Rao Ram Singh I of Kota, as a Prince, Slays a Rhinoceros from an Elephant
This prepratory drawing, for a wall painting for the Chhatra Mahal in Kotah, features Rao Ram Singh I of Kota (r. 1667-88) as a young prince hunting a rhinocerous while on an eleph...
Composite Elephant with Demon Rider and Groom
Composite Elephant with Demon Rider and Groom
The fragment predominantly features a large elephant composed of animals, both real and fictitious; birds, and people. It holds a snake in its trunk. A bare-chested demon with a go...
Elephant and Two Riders Hunting Rhinoceros (fragment)
Elephant and Two Riders Hunting Rhinoceros (fragment)
This painting fragment depicts a dynamic hunting scene. On top of a large, striding, caparisoned elephant are two riders. Perpendicular to the elephant is a young rhinoceros pierce...