cover image: Eastern Curlew Devouring a Mudskipper

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Eastern Curlew Devouring a Mudskipper

1778

Company School From sometime after 1980 Baron and Baroness Bachofen von Echt, acquired sometime after 1980 [1] From 1992 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased at auction, "The Bachofen von Echt Collection," Sotheby's, London, April 29, 1992, lot no.1 [2] Notes: [1] According to the Sotheby's catalog Indian Miniatures: The Bachofen von Echt Collection (April 29, 1992, 38 lots), within the Baron and Baroness Bachofen von Echt collection of Indian pictures, only one picture, the Impey drawing of the Eastern Curlew (lot no. 1 [F1992.16]), was bought after 1980 (see Curatorial Note 5 in the object record). [2] According to Curatorial Note 5 in the object record. Freer Gallery of Art Collection The Natural World in Indian Painting (September 4, 1996 to May 17, 1997) Baron and Baroness Bachofen von Echt Sotheby's (London)
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Authors

Zayn al-Din

Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Dates
1778
Format
Watercolor and ink on European (Whatman) paper
Pages
H x W: 81.6 x 58.7 cm (32 1/8 x 23 1/8 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
F1992.16
Rights
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f6c7e6ee36c57604133cd8b39599651c

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