A MALABAR TROGON

Lot 108
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 108 | A MALABAR TROGON
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£ 100 000 – 150 000
A MALABAR TROGON

BY SHAYKH ZAYN AL-DIN (FL. 1777-1782), CALCUTTA, INDIA, DATED 1779

Opaque pigments on English paper watermarked "J Whatman", inscriptions in pen and pencil in Urdu and English in the bottom left and numbered "65" in the top left corner, the reverse with the stamp of Sir Elijah Impey

20 7/8 x 29 5/8in. (53.2 x 75.3cm.)





Provenance

The Collection of Sir Elijah and Lady Impey

The Linnean Society since 1855,

sold Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1963, lot 44.

The Anthony Hobson Collection
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