DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY; PROVINCIAL MUGHAL INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY

AN ALBUM PAGE: A DECCANI PRINCE RIDING AN ELEPHANT AND SHAH JAHAN RIDING AN ELEPHANT DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY; PROVINCIAL MUGHAL INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY Opaque pigments and gold on paper, one side depicting a young Deccani prince riding an elephant in a howdah, an attendant behind him, a mahout directing him with an ankus, the prince's retinue around, each turbanned and wearing white jamas, one carrying a parasol inscribed in gold in nasta'liq script, others carryings emblems and standards, four camels following the procession; the reverse with Shah Jahan in old age seated in a howdah carried by an elephant, followed by princes on elephants, attendants around carrying flares, on green round, each painting extended at top, laid down between pink and blue borders with gold and polychrome illuminated margins Painting 10 ½ x 11 ¼in. (26.8 x 28.5cm.); page 13 ½ x 12 7/8in. (34.3 x 32.7cm.)