Qianlong Helmet Shaped Jug for the Indian Market
c.1785
An 18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Helmet Shaped Jug, Probably Made for an English Colonial Family in India, Qianlong Period c.1785. The central scene depicts a Mahout with a whip in his hand held up, the elephant he is riding looks distinctly unamused. A mahout is a person who drives an elephant. The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the family business, when he is assigned an elephant early in its life, and they would become attached to one another throughout the elephant's life. The border to the interior of the jug is in the Rococo style, it is of salmon scale with a feathered edge. The handle of the jug is of a rustic branch, with the tree rings showing on the terminus at the top. Three Chinese export porcelain services with the design of a Mahout riding an elephant was ordered between about 1760 and 1790.
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