A Chinese Serow (Capricornis milneedwardsi argyrochaetes)
The naturalistic treatment of this Chinese Serow, a type of goat-antelope, follows the aesthetic approach Indian artists had taken since the seventeenth century to communicate the wonder of the natural world. The animal is exquisitely rendered in isolation from a context or setting, allowing the viewer to focus on the fine detail of the painting. ‘Company School’ paintings satisfied the British taste for documenting the natural world; this example was probably created in Calcutta, Bengal.
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