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Medium:
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (painting): 21.3 × 34.2 cm (8 3/8 × 13 7/16 in)
H x W (overall): 25.4 × 38.1 cm (10 × 15 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Mewar, Rajasthan state, India
Date:
ca. 1700
School/Tradition:
Mewar school
Description:
Numerous attendants using firecrackers attempt to control a chained elephant. His mahout grips the elephant with his feet and hands as his hair sticks out in fright.
Inscriptions:
Recto: in devanagari script on top red border: Maharana Amar Singhji ri divar ke Khanderao Bahadur marti Sham Mahavati
Verso: n. 9; 243 jo (album 243); Kimat val. -Rs. 12; Mewar inventory no: 13/243; 240/32?
Verso: n. 9; 243 jo (album 243); Kimat val. -Rs. 12; Mewar inventory no: 13/243; 240/32?
Provenance:
From 1700?
Royal Udaipur Collection
To 1967
Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner [1]
From 1967 to 2001
Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner in December 1967 [2]
From 2001 to 2018
Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 [3]
From 2018
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim
[1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Mr. Khajanchi of Bikaner in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to Ralph Benkaim’s personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Topic:
elephant  Search this
fireworks  Search this
India  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
mahout  Search this
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Accession Number:
S2018.1.23
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f1aed02d-5f67-412b-a00c-97cd3ae4d08d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.23