A carved ivory plaque with confronted elephants, Deccan, 17th century

of rectangular form carved in relief with two confronted elephants carrying mahouts and other figures, separated by a parakeet in flight surrounded by flowering plants, bordered by floral rosette bands, with Perspex stand

Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, London
Acquired in 1989

T. Falk and B. Lynch, Images of India, Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, London, 1989, p.40, no.39

This plaque would have originally formed part of a cabinet or box much like the ivory Deccani panels in Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see Pal 1981, p.80, nos.71-72). As with the LACMA plaques the current lot provides us with an insight into courtly life. The depiction of elephants and princes hunting and hawking was a popular subject and appeared in both miniatures and other works of art from the period.