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LOT 2058

Framed Watercolour Manuscript Leaf

INDIAN, 20TH CENTURY A.D.

14 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (895 grams, 36.8 x 29.5cm).

Depicting a dense column of men holding shields and banners, standing at the foot of a lavishly-clad elephant carrying three men in a howdah, advancing right, panel of text to left and right; 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 2058

Framed Watercolour Manuscript Leaf

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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