A PORTRAIT OF THE ELEPHANT ARIDALAN


KISHANGRAH, CIRCA 1770 Opaque watercolor on paper; recto inscribed in ink, translated, 'the elephant destroyer of the enemies, seven trunks high, lord of the top-knot, maker of a great noise (?), his long tusks are terrifying on release (?)'; verso inscribed in pencil, 'Elephant Aridalan, Crusher of enemies, Seven feet high, Kishanghar ca.1770'. Image: 9 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (23 x 27.7 cm); Folio: 9 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (23.5 x 29 cm)
|For closely related study, formerly in the Howard Hodgkin Collection, see Sotheby's, London, 24 October 2017, lot 167. Published Alexis Renard, Game of Gods - Game of Love, Paris, 2016, no.10. Provenance Christie's, London, 9 October 2015, lot 27