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LOT 2676
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Potentate and Attendant
19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (733 grams, 31 x 25 cm).
A manuscript leaf with painted scene of a potentate sitting on a dais beneath a canopy with an attendant to his rear and another standing before him; panels of nastaliq text surrounding the scene; mounted in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2676
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Potentate and Attendant
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