| Object Number | 2017-22-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | India |
| Period | 20th Century |
| Date Made | 20th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Watercolor |
| Iconography | Princess | Camel |
| Description | Princess on a camel. Persian School (Murshidabad?). A manuscript page with a painting of a princess riding in a howdah on a composite camel in being attended by raja on horseback. The camel is composed of numerous animals and integrated persons. The camel is richly caparisoned. The meaning of composite pictures in Indian and Persian art is somewhat unclear but it may have been meant to represent the unity of living beings in God. |
| Height | 33.6 cm |
| Width | 22.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of James E. Bogle, Jr., FA52, 2017 |
| Other Number | 2544/2 - Collector Number | 08-1189/44 - Other Number |
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