Live Auction 9376Christie's Interiors
French School, 19th Century
Lot 394

French School, 19th Century

Five animal studies including; A monkey; A macaw; A red lory; A red-crested cockatoo; and A study of four tropical birds

Closed3 September 2013

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GBP 1,000

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French School, 19th Century
Five animal studies including; A monkey; A macaw; A red lory; A red-crested cockatoo; and A study of four tropical birds
all variously inscribed with titles in French
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
11 x 8¾ in. (28 x 22.3 cm.) (5)

Specialist note

The red or maluccan lory and the red-brested cockatoo are birds native to Indonesia and its islands. It is therefore possible that this group represents a study of animals that inhabit the Far East and Indonesia.