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LOT 0999
Framed Mughal Watercolour Painting Pair by Assad Irani
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (2.45 kg total, each 42 x 32 cm).
A pair of watercolours, each showing a nobleman standing right, leaning on a sword, concentric borders and gold-coloured stipple-effect, signed by an Iranian artist Assad Irani; both mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 0999
Framed Mughal Watercolour Painting Pair by Assad Irani
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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