Two composite elephants, fighting
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- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1907
- Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserve List of Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 18th century
- Period
- Possibly Mughal dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1907.642
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Tracing and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13.1 x 19.1 cm (5 3/16 x 7 1/2 in)
- Origin
- India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- elephant
- Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
- Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.642
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33d8f73ca-46ae-4ff1-b59a-34701dbf4ca3
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