TEST ITEM - A Female Rosefinch (Carpodacus Erythrinus, hindi: Lal Tuti), Company School, Calcutta, India, early 19th century,
Starting Bid: | £50.00 |
Bid Increment: | £5.00 |
Next Min Bid: | £55.00 |
Buyer’s Premium: | £12.00 |
Total Amount: | £62.00 |
Number of Bids: | 0 |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Highest Bidder: | |
Auction Start: | 16/02/20 00:00:00 UTC |
Auction Ending: | 16/02/20 13:47:00 UTC |
Auction Finished : | 16/02/20 13:47:36 UTC |
LOT NUMBER 12
TEST ITEM - A Female Rosefinch (Carpodacus Erythrinus, hindi: Lal Tuti), Company School, Calcutta, India, early 19th century,
A Female Rosefinch (Carpodacus Erythrinus, hindi: Lal Tuti), Company School, Calcutta, India, early 19th century,
gouache on English blue tinted paper, framed. Provenance: Formerly in the collection ofthe ornithologist T. H. Newman, who amassed a large archive of bird images, including prints, watercolours and Company School paintings. For a note on the house sparrow, see Salim Ali, The Book of Indian Birds, Bombay, 1972, p.129.
Size: | 88x125mm |
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Condition: | good |
Estimate: | £120 – 150 |