A LINEATED BARBET (PSILOPOGON ZEYLANICUS) ON A JUNIPER TREE

Lot 174
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Lot 174 | A LINEATED BARBET (PSILOPOGON ZEYLANICUS) ON A JUNIPER TREE
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A LINEATED BARBET (PSILOPOGON ZEYLANICUS) ON A JUNIPER TREE
SIGNED SHAYKH ZAYN AL-DIN (FL. 1777-1782), CALCUTTA, INDIA, DATED 1778
Translucent pigments on English paper watermarked 'J Whatman', inscribed in black pen in nasta'liq and English in the lower left corner, numbered '58' in the upper left in pencil, verso with the seal of Sir Elijah Impey, mounted, framed and glazed
20 7/8 x 27 1/8in. (53 x 69cm.)




Provenance

Collection of Sir Elijah (1732-1809) and Lady Mary Impey (1749-1818), sold as The Estate of Sir Elijah Impey, Phillips of New Bond Street, 21 May 1810
Anon sale, Christie's, London, 5 June 2007, lot 228
With Graham Arader, New York, sold, Sotheby's, New York, 19 June 2009, lot 129
With Simon Ray, London, 2009
Private American collection, sold The Maitri Collection of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, Bonhams, New York, 20 March 2018, lot 3234




Literature

T. Falk and G. Hayter, Birds in an Indian Garden, exhibition catalogue, Michael Goedhuis Ltd with Colnaghi Oriental and Mallett & Son Ltd, London, 1984
Simon Ray, Indian & Islamic Works of Art, London, 2009, no.35.



Exhibited

Birds in an Indian Garden: Nineteen Illustrations from the Impey Collection, Michael Goedhuis Ltd, London, 12 June - 14 July 1984



Engraved

In the lower left corner, derakht-e deyodar, 'Honest face, sat-e ruh' In the Collection of Lady Impey in Calcutta
Painted by Zayn al-Din Native of Patna 1778
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