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Elephant with Riderslate 19th-20th century

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Small brass wheeled elephant sculpture with two crowned figures in a canopied howdah, decorated with low-relief patterning and four large disk wheels with incised star motifs
Cast bronze wheeled elephant vehicle with warm golden-brown patina and red pigment accents. An ornately caparisoned elephant with upraised trunk stands on four large spoked wheels with incised geometric patterns. A mahout figure sits at the neck, and a canopied howdah with two smaller seated figures rises from the back, supported by slender pillars beneath a flat roofed pavilion.
Bronze sculpture detail of an elephant with raised trunk, adorned with incised decorative bands; two seated figures ride in a canopied howdah above, with traces of red pigment on the tiered canopy and figure details.

Unknown, Elephant with Riders, late 19th-20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz Jr., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Elephant with Riders
Place Made
India, Madhya Pradesh, Bastar
Date Made
late 19th-20th century
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 12 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (31.12 x 32.39 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz Jr.
Accession Number
M.91.302
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography

  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.