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 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 Β£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
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.