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Walters Ms. W.704, Single leaf of an elephant attacking a horse and rider

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Shelf mark

W.704


Manuscript

Single leaf of an elephant attacking a horse and rider


Text title
Elephant attacking a horse and rider

Abstract

This color wash and illuminated drawing depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thākur Dās." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper. On the back is an unsigned sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script in both Arabic and Persian.


Date

11th century AH / 17th CE


Origin

India


Artist

As-written name: Thākur Dās

Name, in vernacular: تهاكر داس


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

30.5 cm wide by 20.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 16.8 cm wide by 9.3 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.704a - W.704b:
  1. Title: Elephant attacking a horse and rider
  2. Artist: Thākur Dās
  3. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script
  4. Decoration note: Illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper

Decoration:

fol. W.704a:

  1. W.704, fol. W.704a
  2. Title: Elephant attacking a horse and rider
  3. Form: Drawing
  4. Label: This color wash and illuminated drawing depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thākur Dās." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper.

fol. W.704b:

  1. W.704, fol. W.704b
  2. Title: Calligraphy page
  3. Form: Calligraphy page
  4. Label: This is an unsigned sample of calligraphy written in nastaʿlīq script in both Arabic and Persian. The polychrome borders are gold-sprinkled.

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.