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LOT 1278

Framed Double-Sided Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf with Figure and Horse

20TH CENTURY A.D.

12 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (720 grams, 32.5 x 22.6 cm).

Rectangular laid paper page mounted in a bifacial glazed wooden frame; obverse painted image of a nimbate figure with long hanks of hair advancing with arms raised, four lines of neat nasta'liq text below; reverse an advancing horse with long tail, text in two lines above and below. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 1278

Framed Double-Sided Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf with Figure and Horse

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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    2 … -niE-u?

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