Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din
A Red-Whiskered Bulbul, Pycnontus Jocosus
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 54.000 GBP
Price realised: 54.000 GBP
Description
Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din (fl. 1777-1782)
A Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnontus jocosus
with inscription and date 'Fine Ear In the collection of Lady Impey in Calcutta Painted by [Shaikh Zayn-al-Din] Native of Patna 1777' (lower left) and further inscribed in Urdu and Persian (lower left) and numbered '20' (upper left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
18 1/8 x 26½ in. (46 x 67.3 cm.)
A Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnontus jocosus
with inscription and date 'Fine Ear In the collection of Lady Impey in Calcutta Painted by [Shaikh Zayn-al-Din] Native of Patna 1777' (lower left) and further inscribed in Urdu and Persian (lower left) and numbered '20' (upper left)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
18 1/8 x 26½ in. (46 x 67.3 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work A Red-Whiskered Bulbul, Pycnontus Jocosus by Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din was worth GBP 54,000.00 (€ 80,133.28) to a buyer in June 2007. This price was achieved in the auction British Art on Paper at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Lineated Barbet, Megalaima Lineate, On A Juniper Tree sold at auction in June 2007 with the realized price of GBP 60,000.00 (€ 89,036.98).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit A Red-Whiskered Bulbul, Pycnontus Jocosus von Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din war einem Käufer im Juni 2007 GBP 54.000,00 (€ 80.133,28) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion British Art on Paper bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Lineated Barbet, Megalaima Lineate, On A Juniper Tree im Juni 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 60.000,00 (€ 89.036,98).
Shaikh Zayn-Al-Din - Auction history
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