拍品 425
425
Anglo-Chinese School, 19th century
Anglo-Chinese School, 19th century

Gracula religiosa intermedia (Northern Hill Myna) perched in a lychee tree; and Larius sp. (Shrike)

细节
Anglo-Chinese School, 19th century
Gracula religiosa intermedia (Northern Hill Myna) perched in a lychee tree; and Larius sp. (Shrike)
watercolour and bodycolour, on Chinese paper
11 x 12 in. (28 x 32.5 cm.); and 10 x 8 in. (27.5 x 22 cm.); and an English School watercolour of two Sparrows (Finches) perched in blossom, signed with monogram 'MWD' (3)

拍品专文

The watercolour of a Hill Myna, is a particularly accurate representation of a subspecies of the Myna family, native to northern India, Burma, Thailand and Indochina. The Shrike can be found across south and southeast Asia.