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LOT 2639
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.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2639
Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Fine condition.
Ex property of a Greater Manchester collector.
