Two Stunning Calcutta Company School Studies in Watercolour of Indian Fauna; A Frog & A Fish by Shaikh Abdullah c.1800 sub-Architectural & Garden 1900 holy water glass bottle

1900 holy water glass bottle with suspended metal cross in the solution and corked top with applied paper labels showing the human skeleton

Some felt that the picture appears certainly in part attributable to the studio of Frans Floris (Antwerp c

Germany and England

) was a publisher of popular mezzotints

There are some larger scuffs where the leather is coming away though the overall condition We have given the boot a light oiling with an appropriate oil to soften and preserve it

Two Stunning Calcutta Company School Studies in Watercolour of Indian Fauna; A Frog & A Fish by Shaikh Abdullah c.1800 sub-Architectural & Garden 1900 holy water glass bottleOrigin: Bengal, India Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Formerly of the Estate of Henry G. Plowden Esq. Date: c. 1800 The Works: 12. 25 x 15 each In Frames: 20 x 22. 25 each The wonderfully realised pair of Calcutta School Studies in watercolour on paper of Indian Fauna; one depicting a native frog and the other a native fish each surviving from Bengal in India at the turn of the eighteenth century and each presented framed and glazed in gilded frames