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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Elephants fightingfront

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Elephants fighting

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  • Description

    Elephant fights were a popular court entertainment in Mughal times. Here a tussle between elephants is becoming lively, as the mahouts urge their beasts on or hang on grimly to the harness ropes. Unusually this painting is ascribed to a woman artist, Khurshid Banu. Several ladies of the Mughal imperial household are known to have been skilled painters.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1600
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Artist/maker
    Khurshid Banu (active c. 1600) (artist)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 33.6 x 38.9 x 2.1 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 22.5 x 27.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.97

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 11 on p. 44, p. 21, illus. p. 45

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    • Returned to lender

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