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LOT 2073
Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (689 grams, 37 x 26.5 cm).
With extensive use of liquid gold; polychrome painted scene of three male figures within a building engaged in conversation; three passers-by outside with faces raised to another figure on the roof; panels of calligraphic nastaliq text above and below; mounted in 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 2073
Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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