An elephant standing beneath a tree, India, Mughal, 17th century
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.
Condition Report:
margins of folio possibly trimmed, laid down on later card, some staining, as viewed
Provenance:
Ex-collection Maurice and Edmond de Rothschild
P&D Colnaghi and Co. Ltd., London, 1976
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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.
Condition Report:
margins of folio possibly trimmed, laid down on later card, some staining, as viewed
Provenance:
Ex-collection Maurice and Edmond de Rothschild
P&D Colnaghi and Co. Ltd., London, 1976
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