A BLACK FRANCOLIN (TITAR)

Lot 122
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 122 | A BLACK FRANCOLIN (TITAR)
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£ 60 000 – 90 000
A BLACK FRANCOLIN (TITAR)

SIGNED RAM DAS (FL.1777-82), CALCUTTA, INDIA

Translucent pigments on English paper, inscriptions in pen in black nasta'liq and English in the bottom left, possibly numbered "161" in the top left corner, the verso plain with stamp of Sir Elijah Impey, mounted, framed, and glazed

Folio 18 3⁄8 x 8 7⁄8in. (46.8 x 22.4cm.)





Provenance

The Collection of Sir Elijah (d.1809) and Lady Mary Impey ((d.1818)

Visions of India, Christie's, London, 10 June 1997, lot 127

With Spink, London, 1998
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