Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 15.
'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.
Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.
This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.
Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
#Art #Heritage #History
#CompanyPainting #patna #bihar #CompanySchool #painting #impeyalbum #ladyimpey #calcutta #bengal #india #forgottenmasters #WilliamDalrymple #wallacemuseum #JacquelineKennedyOnassis #art #heritage #history
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 5 of the Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India sold by Sotheby's.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitans).
c1780 #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh
Estimated between £60,000-80,000.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
Made for an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple
#CompanySchool #paintings #india #CompanyPainting #lucknow #uttarpradesh #bird #IndianSubContinent #eastindiacompany #forgottenmasters #wallacemuseum #WilliamDalrymple
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 5.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitana)'.
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #India.
Estimated between£60,000-80,000.
Identified in #Persian #Nastaliq script lower left as 'Ghunghal'.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
This #Painting was made under the patronage of an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple
#CompanyPainting #lucknow #india #persian #Nastaliq #bird #IndianSubContinent #painting #eastindiacompany #forgottenmasters #wallacemuseum #WilliamDalrymple
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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The Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanyPaintings was auctioned by Sotheby's on 27th Oct 2021.
It was one of the largest sale of #CompanySchool #Paintings.
Lot no 1.
c1800-20 'A Silk Cotton Tree (Bombax Ceiba)' #Painting from #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal #India
Legend has it that #Brahma of #Mahabharata Rested under this Tree (known as'Seemal') after Creating the World.
Exhibited: '#ForgottenMasters : #Indian #Paintings for the #EastIndiaCompany' at #WallaceMuseum 3rd Dec 2019-13th Sept 2020.
#CompanySchool #paintings #painting #calcutta #kolkata #bengal #india #brahma #mahabharata #forgottenmasters #indian #eastindiacompany #wallacemuseum #companypaintings