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( Indian, 18th C)
A Great Indian Fruit Bat, or Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus)
Materials:
pen and ink, watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour, on watermarked paper
Measurements:
17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (height) by 27.05 in. (68.70 cm.) (width)
Description:
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Markings:
inscribed at lower left In the Collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta/Painted by [in Persian in nasta'liq script, Bhawani Das] Native of Patna, numbered 163 at upper right
Provenance:
Private collection; Christie's, West-East: the Niall Hobhouse Collection, 22nd May 2008, lot 7; Collection of Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008); Mary Reade, Lady Impey (1749-1818)
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