[Zayn al-Din], Native of Patna, Company School
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Shaikh Zayn-al-din (Indian, fl.1770-1790). A Fine Original Watercolour and Gouach Drawing of a Female Asian Koel, Eudynamys scolopaceus [Calcutta:] 1779. Single sheet, float-mounted at the time on similar paper with an ink fillet border (216/8 x 29 4/8 inches), and framed. Fine watercolor and gouache on paper drawing of a magnificent female Asian Koel, or cuckoo, feasting on the berries of the Ber or Indian Plum, Zizyphus mauritiana. Inscribed lower left in Persian and English “In the Collection of Lady Impey. Painted by [Shaikh Zayn-al-din] Native of Patna, 1779”. Provenance: painted at the commission of Lady Impey, and inscribed as such lower left; from the collection of Philip Hofer, with his pencilled inscription on the verso; and with his further presentation inscription to John A. Gwynne, Jr, dated 20th April 1974 also on the verso.
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[Zayn al-Din], Native of Patna, Company School
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