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Lot Essay
The bird is difficult to identify for certain, although it is probably from the order ciconiiformes.
Details
A CRANE
Mughal India, mid 17th century
Gouache on paper, the tall bird with yellow crest and tail and red legs, mounted on card with blue and purple borders with gold floral meander
Miniature 6 x 3 1/8in. (15.2 x 7.8cm.)
Mughal India, mid 17th century
Gouache on paper, the tall bird with yellow crest and tail and red legs, mounted on card with blue and purple borders with gold floral meander
Miniature 6 x 3 1/8in. (15.2 x 7.8cm.)
Provenance
Magg Bros., London, 1967
Literature
Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, no.121, p.81.
Exhibited
Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections, UCLA, March 1968
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