Eastern Curlew Devouring a Mudskipper

Object Details

• Artist

  Zayn al-Din

• School/Tradition

  Company school

• Provenance

  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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  The Natural World in Indian Painting (September 4, 1996 to May 17, 1997)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Baron and Baroness Bachofen von Echt

  Sotheby's (London)

• Origin

  Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1770s

• Name

  Sotheby's (London), von Echt, Bachofen

• Place

  Kolkata Calcutta, West Bengal state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Animals, Fishes, Food habits, Birds

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings