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LOT 1628

Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf

20TH CENTURY A.D.

12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (504 grams, 32 x 24.5 cm).

A watercolour portrait of a nobleman seated in a courtyard, smoking a pipe, line of text above; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

CONDITION

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LOT 1628

Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf

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

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