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The elephant Khushi Khan

  • loan

  • Description

    The elephant Khushi Khan (‘Lord of Happiness’) is portrayed fully caparisoned with trappings, bells and gold-embroidered saddle-cloth. He is shown against the pale verdigris green ground often used in Mughal portraiture. His name is recorded in red within the gold cartouche below.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1650
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 39.8 x 49.1 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 26.6 x 35.3 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › metal › gold,
    processed material › paper
    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.
    LI118.58

  • 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. 21 on p. 64, p. 18, illus. p. 65

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