"Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight", Folio from a Padshahnama, Bulaqi, probably 1639

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Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight', Folio from a Padshahnama, probably 1639, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 15 in. high in. wide ( cm high cm wide), Codices, Bulaqi, In this page from the Padshahnama, the artist has created a unified space stretching from the foreground, where goaders are milling, to the top of the scene, where the emperor and his two sons are shown in profile at an open tripartite window

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Size: 3437px × 5375px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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