THE ELEPHANT MAWLA BAKHSH

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£ 226 800
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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Лот 123 | THE ELEPHANT MAWLA BAKHSH
THE ELEPHANT MAWLA BAKHSH

A 'FRASER ALBUM' ARTIST, DELHI, NORTH INDIA, 1815-19

Opaque and transparent pigments on paper heightened with gold, inscribed in black nasta'liq in the upper left, and in pencil to the left of the elephant's front leg, mounted, framed and glazed

Folio 12 ¼ x 16 ½in. (31 x 42cm.)





Provenance

James Fraser (1783-1856) and William Fraser (1784-1835)

With Malcolm R. Fraser, Esq, and thence by descent until sold,

Sotheby's London, 7 July 1980, lot 16

The Ismail Merchant Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 7 October 2009, lot 139

Anon Sale, Bonhams London, 8 April 2014, lot 300



Literature

Mildred Archer and Toby Falk, India Revealed: The Art and Adventures of James and William Fraser, 1801-35, London, 1989, p. 110, pl.98.



Inscribed

In the upper left in black ink and repeated in pencil in nasta'liq, Mawla Bakhsh
In the centre left in nasta'liq in pencil, fil mawla bakhsh-e khassa-ye hozur-e vala, 'The elephant Mawla Bakhsh of the royal majestic presence'
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