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LOT 2071
Framed Bali Watercolour Painting with Barong Dancers
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 x 10 1/2 in. (790 grams, 30.5 x 26.7 cm).
A rectangular watercolour image of Balinese adults and children, dancers' masks and other items amid vegetation; notation to the margin 'De Warsa / Kelusa / Bali'; mounted in a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2071
Framed Bali Watercolour Painting with Barong Dancers
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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