Lot Essay
The rambutan is a tropical fruit tree belonging to the Sapindaceae, a family of flowering plants. Native to the Indonesian region in South East Asia, its edible fruit is closely related to the lychee.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FLOWERING BRANCH FROM THE RAMBUTAN TREE WITH FRUIT
COMPANY SCHOOL, PROBABLY MALAY-INDONESIA, CIRCA 1820
Details
A FLOWERING BRANCH FROM THE RAMBUTAN TREE WITH FRUIT
COMPANY SCHOOL, PROBABLY MALAY-INDONESIA, CIRCA 1820
Pencil and watercolour on paper, indistinctly inscribed in pencil lower right '... Rambootan ...', the paper with watermark 'TE' surmounted by a fleur-de-lys
18 ¾ x 14 3/8in. (47.6 x 36.5cm.)
COMPANY SCHOOL, PROBABLY MALAY-INDONESIA, CIRCA 1820
Pencil and watercolour on paper, indistinctly inscribed in pencil lower right '... Rambootan ...', the paper with watermark 'TE' surmounted by a fleur-de-lys
18 ¾ x 14 3/8in. (47.6 x 36.5cm.)
Provenance
Evelyn and Peter Kraus, New York
Brought to you by
Louise Broadhurst