id:			170764
accession number:	2013.282
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.282
updated:		2025-10-22 11:10:10.049000

A prince riding a composite elephant, c. 1590. India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 28.8 x 18.6 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); painting: 14.5 x 11 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.282

title:				A prince riding a composite elephant
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creation date:			c. 1590
creation date earliest:		1585
creation date latest:		1595
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 28.8 x 18.6 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Painting: 14.5 x 11 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscriptions:
Calligraphy of Persian verses in top and bottom borders, in nasta‘liq script:
Central verse (half-line on top, the other below the elephant’s feet):
Given the foretold lackluster fortune of this abject servant
Nothing is writ save words of your bounty

Diagonal verses on top:
The angelic beauties of paradise with their anxious dark-eyes set on the road
Their glances throwing gold coins on the path (as a welcome)

Diagonal verses below:
The glittering full face of the sun is no more than a single drop
From the perspiration behind his ear.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 15, p. 225.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Eappen, Omana. "Bagh-i-Nauras and the Aesthetics of Well-Being." In <em>Rethinking Comparative Aesthetics in a Contemporary Frame, </em>edited by R. N. Misra, and Parul Dave-Mukherji, 273-326. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 296-298, fig. 26
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