ID 1031028
Lot 140 | TWO STUDIES OF BIRDS: A GREY-HEADED MYNA AND AN UNIDENTIFIED BLACK BIRD
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
COMPANY SCHOOL, INDIA, LATE 18TH AND FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The first a grey headed myna, watercolour on paper, inscribed below 'Species of Powie, See Folio 85', the verso plain, mounted, framed and glazed; the second a small black bird, watercolour on paper, the verso numbered 2859/17, mounted, framed and glazed
Folios 16 ½ x 12 ½in. (42 x 31.8cm.) and 11 x 8 ¾in. (28 x 22cm.)
Provenance
Grey headed myna acquired Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 13th October 1989, lot 1
| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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