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Two blue sparrows, India, Company School, circa 1820-30
Goua…
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241
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Two blue sparrows, India, Company School, circa 1820-30
Goua…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Two blue sparrows, India, Company School, circa 1820-30
Gouache on paper depicting two blue sparrows on a tree branch. Numbered 20 in the upper right-hand corner and mounted as an album page on numbered Oriental paper titled in ink with the scientific name of the species and its phonetic vernacular name: "N°11, Certhiei, Suckolecorraw". Framed.
Dim. total on view: 30.5 x 25 cm; dim. painting on view: 21 x 18 cm
Minor foxing and stains.
Provenance: Sotheby's sale, London, 10 December 1974, lot 246.
The scientific name "Certhiei", written in calligraphy in the upper margin, refers to the Certhiidae or Certhia family of passerines known as wood creepers.
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About the sale
Archaeology & Arts of Islam and India
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:30 PM
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