Fight Between Elephant and Lion
Title Fight Between Elephant and Lion
Accession Number 56.59/48
Museum Name National Museum, New Delhi
Gallery Name Paintings
Object Type Painting
Main Material Paper
Medium Natural colour
Main Artist Not known
Artist's Nationality Indian
Origin Place Rajasthan
Style Rajasthan
School Bundi
Period / Year of Work c. 1770 c.e.
Inscription Inscription at the top
Dimensions 31 x 52 cms
Brief Description

The Painting is made in Bundi School of Rajasthan. Bundi is famous for Palaces and its Mural Paintings. The Painting is a beautiful example of fighting scene between an elephant and a lion. Two men are seen seated on the elephant and looking at the lion. One of them is in white costume and another is in green. The lion is biting on one of the legs of the elephant. The elephant is also seen pulling one of the legs of the lion by trunk.

Natural postures, depiction of movement and economic rhythmic lines are specialties of the Painting. In the foreground a row of small grasses depicted naturally and an inscription related to the scene is inscribed in black.

Detailed Description

The Painting is made in Bundi School of Rajasthan. Bundi is famous for Palaces and its Mural Paintings. The Painting is a beautiful example of fighting scene between an elephant and a lion. Two men are seen seated on the elephant and looking at the lion. One of them is in white costume and another is in green.

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The lion is biting on one of the legs of the elephant. The elephant is also seen pulling one of the legs of the lion by trunk. Natural postures, depiction of movement and economic rhythmic lines are specialties of the Painting.

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In the foreground a row of small grasses depicted naturally and an inscription related to the scene is inscribed in black.