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A LARGE BRASS FIGURE OF A HORSE
India, Maharashtra or Karnataka, circa 1600
Finely cast with elongated legs, the horse caparisoned in a saddle with broad side flaps
secured by a belled tail strap, his face attentive with his ears pricked; inscriptions on the left
foreleg and chest.
16 in. (40.8 cm) high
$10,000 - 15,000
印度 馬哈拉施特拉邦或卡納塔克邦 約一六零零年 銅馬像
The inscriptions can be deciphered as follows: right side of chest, name of guru, Shree Adam
Prabha; left side of chest, name of donor Vasgorda Lingoda Pahl (?) Mann; left leg, Krisna Otan
Kagalkar Yaanekela, made by Krishna Kagalkar.
The saddle design is characteristic for the late Akbar period. For another example, see M.
Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, 1997, fig. 119, p. 106.
Provenance
Christie’s, New York, 21 March 2007, Lot 267
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