ID 828720
Lot 108 | A MALABAR TROGON
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
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
| Applied technique: | Pencil, Watercolor on paper |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Applied technique: | Pencil, Watercolor on paper |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Address of auction |
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