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LOT 2630
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (806 grams, 36 x 28.5 cm).
A watercolour painting depicting a female figure seated against a cushion in a courtyard, a shrine(?) before her, a female attendant approaching; polychrome borders and panel of text above; mounted in a reveal and 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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