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LOT 0857
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (1 kg, 48 x 30.2 cm).
A watercolour painting showing scene composed of a figure being transported by four winged mythical creatures, two groups of onlookers seated in the landscape below; two columns of text below; mounted in a reveal and 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 0857
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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