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Walters Ms. W.693, Single leaf of two young men riding a white elephant

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Shelf mark

W.693


Manuscript

Single leaf of two young men riding a white elephant


Text title
Two young men riding a white elephant

Abstract

This Mughal painting of the early eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE depicts two young men on a white elephant. The seated man is being served wine. The painting is surrounded by a frame of illuminated buff-colored paper with four panels inscribed with Persian verses written in black nastaʿlīq script. The border is of salmon-colored paper with illuminated floral motifs.


Date

Early 11th century AH / 17th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

19.0 cm wide by 27.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 14.5 cm wide by 23.0 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.693a - W.693b:
  1. Title: Two young men riding a white elephant
  2. Hand note: Written in black nastaʿlīq script
  3. Decoration note: Salmon-colored border with illuminated floral motifs

Decoration:

fol. W.693a:

  1. W.693, fol. W.693a
  2. Title: Two young men riding a white elephant
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: This Mughal painting of the early eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE depicts two young men on a white elephant. The seated man is being served wine. The painting is surrounded by a frame of illuminated buff-colored paper with four panels inscribed with Persian verses written in black nastaʿlīq script. The border is of salmon-colored paper with illuminated floral motifs.

fol. W.693b:

  1. W.693, fol. W.693b
  2. Title: Two young men riding a white elephant (back)
  3. Form: Back

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.