Two composite elephants, fighting

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Object Details

Court

Mughal Court

School/Tradition

Mughal school

Provenance

To 1907

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Reserve List of Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

18th century

Period

Possibly Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar

Accession Number

F1907.642

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Tracing and color on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13.1 x 19.1 cm (5 3/16 x 7 1/2 in)

Origin

India

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

elephant

Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)