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LOT 1001
Framed Persian Watercolour Painting by Nezami
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (503 grams, 31 x 23.5 cm).
A watercolour showing two figures seated facing in a landscape, beneath a tree, the older male figure reading from a book to the younger, possibly his son, gilt embellishments to their rich clothing and books, signed Nezami bottom left under the seated man; 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 1001
Framed Persian Watercolour Painting by Nezami
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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