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A mamul bird (motacilla maderaspatensis)
Pahari, circa 1730
Opaque watercolor on paper; verso with takri inscription ‘mamul’; the large pied-wagtail against a
bright yellow background.
Image: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (14 x 18.5 cm)
$10,000 - 15,000
This attractively simple but bold depiction of the mamul, whose song is chi-zit, may stem either from
an early 18th century book of Indian birds or may have formed part of a pattern book or an artist’s
illustration manual of birds and small mammals that were used in wall paintings as space-fillers.
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