ORIGINAL GONGBI MUGHAL ART BEAUTIFUL FRAMED LARGE PERSIAN INK MINIATURE PAINTING ON SILK FROM NEPAL EXTREMELY DETAILED RENDITION OF COURT ELEPHANT IN ORNATE GARB DFN12 DECORATOR DESIGNER COLLECTOR WALL ART HOME DECOR 22”X18”
PERFECT MUGHAL PAINTING HAND PAINTED BY ARTIST ON SILK WITH GREAT DETAIL
FRAMED PROFESSIONALLY.
Measures: 22" x 18 1/4"
IT IS VERY HARD TO TAKE GOOD PHOTOS WITH THE GLASS REFLECTION, I TRIED MY BEST BUT NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS, MUCH BETTER IN REALITY. THERE ARE SHADOWS ON THE GLASS CAUSED BY THE REFLECTION OF THE SURROUNDINGS WHEN I TOOK THE PHOTOS AND I COULD NOT AVOID IT , THE PIECE IS PERFECT AND HAS NO DEFECTS.
COLLECTED IN NEPAL YEARS AGO
RECENTLY FRAMED AND MATTED
ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC EXTREMELY DETAILED PERSIAN MINIATURE ART TRADITIONAL, ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC EXTREMELY DETAILED
In these paintings the characters are always seen in profile AS IN EGYPTIAN ART.
Mughal paintings were a unique blend of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles. Because the Mughal kings wanted visual records of their deeds as hunters and conquerors, their artists accompanied them on military expeditions or missions of state, or recorded their prowess as animal slayers, or depicted their sumptuous ceremonies of marriages. In this case, the royal elephant dressed for ceremonies is seen here.
Purchased in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal, 25 years ago and recently matted, acid free mat, and then framed in a HAND PAINTED wood frame.
authentic delicate and minute work on this ink painting of a Nepalese royal elephant.
Item: DFN13, seen on all the pictures.
Most Indian- Persian-Nepalese Miniature paintings were executed on a small scale with colored inks, to illustrate books.
The Palas of Bengal were the pioneers of miniature painting in India. The art of miniature painting reached its glory during the Mughal period.
This is a large rendition of such paintings but with extremely minute detail.
In eastern India, miniature painting developed in the 10th century. These miniatures were painted on the palm-leaf manuscripts as well as their wooden covers.
The books were called hastprat, written by hand, often relating love stories, and the ink paintings were placed there to make the subject of the book more pleasurable.
Mughal painting is the name of this miniature art created to illustrate books and which emerged, developed and took shape during the period of the Mughai Empire 16th −19th centuries.
They also depicted a number of themes, illustrating Classic Hindu epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Krishna's life, stories of the gods, beautiful landscapes, and popular folk stories. Creating the colors, extracted from certain minerals, plant sources, shells, etc… was a lengthy process, sometimes taking weeks. Brushes used were very fine.
We also carry original authentic prints 300 years old or less, framed or not, in great condition such as: Albin, Audubon, Baron, Barraband, Bertuch, Brodtmann, Brown, Buffon, Cassel, Curtis, Cuvier, Donovan, Edwards, Fitch, Frisch, Grandville, Harrison, Walter Hood, Latham, Linden,Linnaeus, Loddiges, Martinet, McKenney, Morris, Munting, Redoute, Reinchenbachia, Schreber, Schubert, Selby, Shaw and Nodder, Van Geel, Warner, etc.... etc...
We recently closed our gallery of rare antique books and prints, original signed art and unique hand painted frames, some of the prints and art framed, some not, and all our artwork and antique prints will be listed here daily as we go.
Again, we closed our art store of antique prints and custom frames as well as our store of rare artifacts from around the world and we will now sell them direct to the public here. We have 1000's of antique prints and it will take a while to do so, so if you are interested in prints from the names above or others since I did not have time to list them all, please let us know.