Jungle Owlet on a Branch

CultureIndian
Titles
  • Jungle Owlet on a Branch
Date18th century
MediumGouache and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (47 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert B. Tudor III at "One Great Night in November, 2018"
Object number2018.369
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
ProvenanceCommissioned by Major General Claude Martin (1735-1800); Family of Charles Jenkinson, the first Earl of Liverpool and by descent; Niall Hobhouse Collection; [Victoria Munroe Fine Art, by 2001]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Bottom center: کُھوسٹ (small screech owl)
Bottom left corner: (328)
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