A PRINCE WITH HIS CONSORT HUNTING A LION, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, the lion is attacking an elephant on whose back is a howdah containing a price with his mistress attacking the lion with a spear. The mahout (driver) of the elephant sits on the elephants neck and looks over his shoulder to watch. He holds an ankusha (elephant goad) in his left hand. The elephant has its trunk raised and is agitated due to the tiger attack. It has a richly decorated blanket under the howdah, which also has painted decoration. A green foreground under the moonlight.
Framed and glazed.
Painting: 23.5 by 15 cm.