GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This ivory finial was clearly a medial piece made to fit together with other parts because it has top spaces for the insertion of ties, and the bottom has a large peg that would fit into a base. The wide-eyed mustached figure decorating the finial is astride a prancing horse and flanked on either side by attendant figures who guard several animals. The nobleman mounted on a lavishly decorated horse and accompanied by attendants is an apt symbol of the luxurious style of Indian princely courts in the 17th century.
Adapted from
- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2003.
- Catherine B. Asher, "Finial for a bed or throne" in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 118-119.
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India (nation): TGN: 7000198
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ivory (material): AAT: 300011857
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
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Mughal: AAT: 300018939
seventeenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404511
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animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
courts (social groups): AAT: 300236519
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
finials: AAT: 300002280
furniture components: AAT: 300040215
horseback riding (traveling): AAT: 300249313
horses (animals): AAT: 300250148
luxury (concept / condition): DMA
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General Description
This ivory finial was clearly a medial piece made to fit together with other parts because it has top spaces for the insertion of ties, and the bottom has a large peg that would fit into a base. The wide-eyed mustached figure decorating the finial is astride a prancing horse and flanked on either side by attendant figures who guard several animals. The nobleman mounted on a lavishly decorated horse and accompanied by attendants is an apt symbol of the luxurious style of Indian princely courts in the 17th century.
Adapted from
- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2003.
- Catherine B. Asher, "Finial for a bed or throne" in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 118-119.
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India (nation): TGN: 7000198
Process/materials
ivory (material): AAT: 300011857
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
Historical periods
Mughal: AAT: 300018939
seventeenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404511
Individuals
Subject terms
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
courts (social groups): AAT: 300236519
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
finials: AAT: 300002280
furniture components: AAT: 300040215
horseback riding (traveling): AAT: 300249313
horses (animals): AAT: 300250148
luxury (concept / condition): DMA
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