Arts of the Islamic World and India

Arts of the Islamic World and India

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Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn

An elephant standing beneath a tree, India, Mughal, 17th century

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Auction Closed

April 24, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache on paper, with floral panels above and below, the upper panel with 2 lines of Persian verse in black nasta'liq script, laid down on an album page, the buff margins decorated in gold with quadrupeds and a bird amidst foliage

painting: 9.2 by 6cm.

leaf: 27.5 by 16.5cm.

Please note additional Provenance and Literature information for this lot. It was formerly in the collection of Maurice & Edmond de Rothschild, and subsequently with Colnaghi Gallery in 1976. The painting is published in Toby Falk, Persian and Mughal Art, Colnaghi, London, 1976, no.98.

Ex-collection Maurice and Edmond de Rothschild

P&D Colnaghi and Co. Ltd., London, 1976

T. Falk, Persian and Mughal Art, P&D Colnaghi and Co. Ltd., London, 1976, no.98, p.183, illus. p.211

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