CALCUTTA SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY, A YOUNG AND ADULT CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE

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CALCUTTA SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURYA YOUNG AND ADULT CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE pencil and watercolour with gum arabic on paperwith inscription Spilornis cheela A Young and Adult Crested Serpent Eagle J.39./Maddsghat 13th. Dec 78. Singaighat.15 Dec78.- Found over all India, chiefly in jungly and wellwooded districts. Feeds chiefly on snakes, lizards, rats & frogs. Breeds on trees, nest of sticks, eggs two dirty white with a few dark specks. (lower centre)61.7 x 48.3cm (24¼ x 19in.)Provenance:Sale Christie's, Visions of India, 17 June 1998, lot 182

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