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LOT 1500
Assyrian Watercolour Painting
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
27 3/4 x 23 in. (3.4 kg, 70.5 x 58.5 cm).
A framed and glazed hand-finished watercolour drawing on paper with French captions, entitled 'Antiquité. Assyrie et Babylone', depicting Assyrian female figures with details of costume, eventails (fly-whisks), chaussures (footwear) parasols (sunshades) and other items.
ProvenanceBy repute with Sotheby's, London, UK.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Property of a London gentleman.
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