Here are some amazing images from the exhibition at the Ashmolean: Visions of Mughal India
Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan riding an elephant Bijapur, c.1645 Gouache with gold on paper 28 x 32 cm. LI118.54 © Howard Hodgkin Collection |
Sultan Ali Adilshah hunting a tiger Bijapur, Deccan, c.1660 Gouache with gold on paper 21.8 x 31.5 cm. LI118.98 © Howard Hodgkin Collection |
How to catch at Wild Elephant — detail |
The sad face of the last Moghul Emperor — Bahadur Shah, whose rule extended only just beyond the Red Fort in Delhi. |
Aurangzeb as a prince. Later he would expand the Moghul Empire to encompass more than one fifth of the world’s population. |
A Royal Lion Hunt — detail. |
This is actually a poem written in calligraphy. |
Detail from a royal wedding |
The God of the Moon |
Kali, Goddess of destruction with Shiva and Vishnu’s dead bodies in one hand. |
Maharaja Bakhat Singh |
Detail |
One of several floral studies. |
Myna birds. |
And a few of Howard Hodgkin’s many of elephants!
Elephant enjoying trampling a horse, with marbled background. |
Elephant moving at speed. |
The elephant Ganesh Gaj (1665 ca) |
A young undecorated elephant. |
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