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LOT 2296
Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (710 grams, 34 x 26 cm).
A rectangular manuscript page depicting a courtly scene with a nobleman embracing a female courtier while others luxuriate around them, in a landscape; calligraphic text panels above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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LOT 2296
Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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