Walters Ms. W.704, Single leaf of an elephant attacking a horse and riderElephant attacking a horse and riderartistThākur Dāsتهاكر داسPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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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.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.704The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. W.704a - W.704bElephant attacking a horse and riderartist

Mounted on pasteboard

Foliation: Not applicable20.030.5Image: 16.8 cm wide by 9.3 cm highWritten in nastaʿlīq scriptIlluminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paperElephant attacking a horse and riderDrawingThis 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.Calligraphy pageCalligraphy pageThis is an unsigned sample of calligraphy written in nastaʿlīq script in both Arabic and Persian. The polychrome borders are gold-sprinkled.11th century AH / 17th CEIndiaWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyMusical notationRussiaRomaniaLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishIllustrationIndiaIndianIslamicMughalWalters Art MuseumDrawing