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LOT 1452
Framed Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf
20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 7/8 x 14 in. (1.06 kg, 45.5 x 35.5 cm).
Paper leaf with hand-painted scene depicting a torture scene: two outer bearded figures wearing turbans and ankle-length robes holding the handles of a frame with spikes; third similar figure kneeling in the middle grasping fourth figure, suspended naked and attached by ropes round his chest and thighs to the frame; blocks of explanatory text in red and black within the scene and outside; edges of leaf chipped; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
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