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LOT 0871
Framed Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting
20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 3/8 x 10 in. (622 grams, 36.5 x 25.5 cm).
A watercolour painting showing three figures in a landscape, birds in the sky and on the hills beyond, one seated figure weeping, one turning towards him possibly to offer consolation, the third standing, holding a bottle; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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