Archival Note Card | 1500 Series - #60

Small orange elephant-headed rider perches on a quilted saddle atop a black bull.

This is an archival note card from the 1500 series. It is archival paper. Many Indian miniatures draw on the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the stories of Krishna, which painters in several courts and regions returned to again and again. Boxy card with grey cliffs behind. The bull is dark, with a tasseled rope and patchwork blanket in pink, yellow and blue. The little rider in yellow trousers sits high on top, and part of another figure shows at the right edge. It is 5 inches long and 7 high.

Small passenger, big bull, patchwork upholstery.