Title: An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
Object type: Illustrated  album leaf
Date: dated 1778
Artist:  Shaikh Zain al–Din 
Artist bio: Indian, born Patna, Bihar
Artist nationality: Indian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 23 1/2 in.  (59.7 cm)
                W. 31 1/2 in.  (80 cm)
Mat: H. 30 in. (76.2 cm)
        W. 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2012
Geography: Made in Calcutta   India      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Insects, term: Flowers, term: Orchids