Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
Lucknow School, 1775-85
Lot 19

Lucknow School, 1775-85

A male rose-coloured starling, sturnus roseus, perching on a fig tree

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 13,700

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Lucknow School, 1775-85
A male rose-coloured starling, sturnus roseus, perching on a fig tree
with inscription 'Rose-coloured angel, male. same as Europe. B.C.' (lower centre) and with further inscription 'Oriolus' (lower left) and with inscription in Urdu (lower left, lower centre)
pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
18 x 11 in. (45.7 x 27.9 cm.)

Claude Martin (1735-1800), Lucknow.

Specialist note

The rose-coloured starling is found mainly in the open plains and rocky areas of eastern Europe, and west and central Asia. It winters primarily in India and often forms huge flocks where there is abundant food, such as locusts and cereal grain.