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LOT 2628
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. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2628
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Noble Ladies
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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