ID 1031100
Lot 132 | A LESSER COUCAL (CENTROPUS BENGALENSIS) ON A FRANGIPANI (PLUMERIA ALBA) BRANCH
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
SIGNED SHAYKH ZAYN AL-DIN (FL. 1777-1782), CALCUTTA, INDIA, DATED 1777
Translucent pigments on English paper, inscriptions in pen in black nasta'liq and English in the bottom left and numbered "15" in the top left corner, pasted onto card, the verso plain
21 x 29 5/8in. (53.3 x 75.2cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of Sir Elijah and Lady Impey
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