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Showing 26 results for Elephant Goad (Ankus)
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Elephant Goad (Ankus)
South Indian
17th century
Elephant Goad
late 17th–early 18th century
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
dated 715 AH/1315 CE
"Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight", Folio from a Padshahnama
Bulaqi
probably 1639
Seated Ganesha
Thailand
ca. 15th century
Elephant at a Gallop
India, Rajasthan, Kota
1710–20
Enraged Elephant during Training
India, Rajasthan, Kota
ca. 1690
Rao Bhao Singh Riding an Elephant
India, Rajasthan, Bundi
ca. 1675
Composite Elephant
early 17th century
Seated Ganesha
India, Odisha
16th century
Ganesha Leads Shiva and Durga in Procession
India, Western Rajasthan
18th century
Seated Four-Armed Ganesha
India, Rajasthan, Bundi
ca. 1775
Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
India (Bihar or West Bengal)
12th century
Elephant Trampling a Horse
mid-17th century
Elephant Eating Foliage
India, Himachal Pradesh, Mankot
ca. 1700
Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II in Procession
'Ali Riza 'Abbasi
mid-17th century
An Elephant Combat
Hada Master
ca. 1610–20
Ritual Tray
Central Thailand
7th–8th century
Fragment from a railing pillar with face of a yakshi
India, Bharhut Great Stupa, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh
ca. 150–100 BCE
Shakra Enthroned, with a Deva and Generals: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Jain Goddess Padmavati
India (Gujarat)
ca. 10th century
Goddess Bhuvaneshvari
West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1880–85
Study for Rao Ram Singh I Hunting Rhinoceros on an Elephant
the Kota Master
ca. 1690–1700
Bhuvanesvari/Bagala
India
1880–90
Spearhead (Sang)
Indian, South India
17th century
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Riding His Prized Elephant, Atash Khan
Farrukh Beg
ca. 1600