Elephant and mahout (elephant driver)

ca. 1595-1600

Indian

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in. (24.2 x 16.7 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

57.78

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Published ReferencesHeermaneck, Alice, "Masterpieces of Indian Painting formerly in the Nasli M. Heermaneck Collections," Alice N. Heermaneck, Publisher, 1984, plate 140, p. 172; text p. 151.
(Cf. 68.160, 46.28, 45.69)

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