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LOT 1021
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (637 grams, 27.2 x 20 cm).
A manuscript leaf with a watercolour scene of two men in a landscape, one lying on the ground, surrounded by trees and grass, panels of five lines of a poem above and below, border around the whole; 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.
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LOT 1021
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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