LOT DETAILS
Materials:
watercolour on European paper
Measurements:
21.26 in. (54.00 cm.) (height) by 29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (width)
Description:
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Markings:
signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din, dated 1781; inscribed at lower left "ankhal, In the Collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta, painted by Zayn al-Din Native of Patna 1781", inscribed with the measurements of the Stork at lower left, numbered 130 of original series at upper left and upper right
Literature:
T. Falk and G. Hayter,. Birds in an Indian Garden , exh. cat. Michael Goedhuis, Ltd., (Colnaghi Oriental) and Mallet & Son (Antiques) Ltd., London, 12 June - 14 July, 1984
Provenance:
Sir Elijah Impey (1732-1809) and Lady Impey (1749-1818). His estate sale, Phillips, New Bond Street, London, 21 May 1810. Ex-collection Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York. Sotheby's New York, . The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , 23-26 April 1996, lot 44.