Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din
A collared dove on a branch
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
Shaikh Zayn-al-Din (fl. 1777-1782)
A collared dove on a branch
with inscription 'In the collection of Lady Impey/Painted by [Shaikh Zayn-al-Din] Native of Patna 1778' and further inscribed in Urdu and Persian (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour, unframed
A collared dove on a branch
with inscription 'In the collection of Lady Impey/Painted by [Shaikh Zayn-al-Din] Native of Patna 1778' and further inscribed in Urdu and Persian (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour, unframed
Upper estimate price exceeded by 53 %.
The work A collared dove on a branch by Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din was sold in the Art of The Islamic And Indian Worlds auction at Christies in London in October 2008. It achieved a price of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 35,052.63), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 53%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Lineated Barbet, Megalaima Lineate, On A Juniper Tree, which sold at auction in June 2007 for GBP 60,000.00 (€ 89,036.98).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 53 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit A collared dove on a branch von Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din wurde im Oktober 2008 in der Auktion Art of The Islamic And Indian Worlds bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 35.052,63) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 53%. Für andere Arbeiten von Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Lineated Barbet, Megalaima Lineate, On A Juniper Tree beobachtet, die im Juni 2007 für GBP 60.000,00 (€ 89.036,98) versteigert wurde.
Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din - Auction history
