A framed pair of Indian Mughal-style miniature paintings, described by the auction house as being painted on parchment. The two scenes depict royal riders travelling on a composite elephant and composite camel, whose bodies are ingeniously formed from intertwined human and animal figures.
The colourful scenes appear to be hand-painted in opaque watercolour or gouache with fine white and gold-coloured detailing. Each painting has been executed on a repurposed old Urdu book page, retaining the original script, headings, page numbers, annotations and highlighted passages.
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Two separate paintings mounted in one frame
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Subjects: composite elephant and composite camel
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Style: Indian Mughal/Rajasthani miniature
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Medium: opaque watercolour/gouache on old Urdu book pages
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Artist: unknown
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Unsigned
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Overall framed size: approximately 34 × 43 cm
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Glazed and fitted with hanging cord