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LOT 2068
Egyptian Painting of the Nile and Pyramids
20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 3/4 in. (841 grams, 37.3 cm).
Signed in the bottom right corner; framed and glazed with sloops for suspension to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
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