Love this!
(And the #Fish that wifey is cooking)
A Chowta Dantnia (#Bengal Yellowfin Seabream)
#CompanyPainting made by #Artist Bhawani Das of #Patna for #ImpeyAlbum in 1783 CE, the year Lord & #LadyImpey left #Calcutta for England
From the Toby Falk colln sold by Christies for £94,500
Lord Impey was the #EastIndiaCompany first Chief Justice of the High Court at #Kolkata #India
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #Art #History #Histodons #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #GoodNight
A Lesser Coucal (Centropus Bengalensis on a Frangipani (Plumeria Alba) Branch.
This stunning #CompanyPainting was made by #Artist Shaykh Zain al-Din native of #Patna for the #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal in 1777 CE
This #Painting was discovered in the 1950's & was auctioned by Christies on 27th Oct 2023 from the Toby Falk collection for £504,000.
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Heritage #History #EastIndiaCompany #MastoArt #Art #BritishInIndia #Histodons #Bird
#Paintings of such genre rarely come up in the #Art market for auction
One such #CompanyPainting of a 'Spot-billed or Grey Pelican' dated 1780 CE, by artist Shaykh Zayn al-Din, native of #Patna #Bihar #India & from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey (Mary Reade), wife of Sir Elijah Impey, the #EastIndiaCompany Chief Justice at #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal was sold by Sotheby on 25th Oct 2023 for £787,400
#IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Painting #MastoArt #ArtOfTheDay #Heritage #History #BritishInIndia
A Jungle Myna on a Fruiting Branch.
Dated 1778 AD this #CompanyPainting by artist Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar was sold by Sotheby's on 23 Oct 2019 for £35,000.
Zayn was employed by #LadyImpey wife of Sir Elijah Impey, 1st Chief Justice of #Calcutta #Bengal under #EastIndiaCompany rule.
The dispersed #ImpeyAlbum is one of the finest collection of Natural History #Paintings made for the #British in #India & rarely come on the #Art market, most of them now in #Museums around the world
A #Painting from a #Ramayana commissioned by Sir Elijah Impey {the #EastIndiaCompany Chief Justice at #Calcutta #Bengal} in c1780 AD of which 45 #Paintings dispersed & sold individually in 1968, on Christie's sale of 22 March 2023.
'#Rama & Lakshman with Offerings'.
His wife #LadyImpey {of the well-known #ImpeyAlbum} was a great patron of #IndianMiniaturePaintings & helped develop #CompanyPainting School of #Art
#India #AncientIndia #IndianMythology #Hindu #Religion #Hinduism #IndianHistory
Lot no 16.
'A Crimson Horned Pheasant (Tragopan Satyra) from the #ImpeyAlbum of #Calcutta #Bengal
Estimated £100,000-150,000.
This c1778-83 AD #CompanyPainting is by #LadyImpey's third artist Ram Das, a native of #Patna #Bihar who started to work for the #Impey's as an assistant artist 2-3 years after Zayn al-Din began working on the #Impey series.
Tragopan, found in the #Himalayan region of #India and #Pakistan is the State #Bird of #HimachalPradesh #Indian State.
#Art #Heritage #History
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
Lot no 14.
'A Great #Indian Fruit Bat or Flying Fox (Pteropus Giganteus) estimated between £300,000-500,000.
c1778-83 AD #CompanyPainting from the #ImpeyAlbum, signed by the artist Bhawani Das native of #Patna #Bihar.
This #Painting was formerly in the collection of #LadyImpey (Mary Reade) of #Calcutta #Bengal
Bhavani is most well known for his studies of Fruit Bats. He was among the three native artist in the service of Lady Impey, the senior most being Shaykh Zayn al-Din and, Ram Das.
Lot no 11.
'A Serow (Capricornis Sumatraenis).
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting from #Calcutta #Bengal
This #CompanySchool #Painting of a Goat like #EndangeredAnimal comparable to an #Antelope, is found on the forrested slopes in the Eastern #Himalayas of #India, #Bangladesh, #China & parts of Southeast #Asia and was probably made by artist Sheikh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar who worked for #LadyImpey at #Calcutta (#Kolkata) from 1777 to 1783 AD.
#EndangeredSpecies #Animal #Art #Heritage #History
Lot no 10.
'#Himalyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus Impejanus).
c1803 AD #CompanyPainting from #Calcutta #Bengal
The scientific name of this #Bird was given by the Ornithologist John Latham to commemorate #LadyImpey, wife of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of #Bengal from 1774 to 1782.
Monal is found in the #Himalyas of #HimachalPradesh #India, #Pakistan & #Nepal
This #Painting was in the collection of the 10th #Viscount Valentia (1769-1844) George Annesley, 2nd #Earl of Mountnorris.
Sharad Mohan