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LOT 2318

Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Noble Ladies

19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (480 grams, 29.7 x 21 cm).

A rectangular manuscript page with watercolour scene of three noble females in a landscape, one leaning forward to pierce a snake with a lance(?); panels of nasta'liq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2318

Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Noble Ladies

Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)

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