A COMPOSITE ELEPHANT, DELHI SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800

A COMPOSITE ELEPHANT
DELHI SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1800
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a peri wearing gold illuminated robes and crown sits atop a large elephant made up of a tightly packed composition of human and animal figures, the elephant follows a blue div who parades before it carrying a bugle and snake, laid down between gold and polychrome rules on green borders with gold floral illumination, repaired split to centre left
Painting 7 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (19.4 x 23.8cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 11in. (22.5 x 28cm.)

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION