Lot 762 , 19th Century South Indian School, ink, gouache and watercolour, White Breasted Kingfisher, inscribed verso, 23 x 18.5cm

19th Century South Indian School, ink, gouache and watercolour, White Breasted Kingfisher, inscribed verso, 23 x 18.5cm Inscribed verso 'Pitta' at the top, 'Hartnoll & Eyre 19.2.75 Lot 115'
'WHITE BREASTED KINGFISHER, By a Trichinopoly artist.
This is one of a series of bird paintings by south indian artists.
In 1839 an East India Company army officer called William Gibb commission various artists to do an album of pictures of Indian Birds'.
£300-500

Condition:
Unpainted paper discoloured with acid staining runnning in from the margins. One worm hole top right. Slight creasing, notably top left where tab marks show. Colours good and strong. Later high quality bamboo and gilt frame. Measurements given are those of the artwork; frame 37x31cm.

Sold for £300