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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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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Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
With two lines of a poem, permitting a view into a grand architectural setting, populated by falconers, musicians, attendants and others entertaining a prince seated beneath a pagoda, hilly landscape beyond the walls, broad stylised floral border to three sides, Indian workmanship; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 782 grams, 38.6 x 25.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
British Hot Cast Otter with Fish
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Modelled naturalistically in the round on a circular base; with maker's initials 'S.L' to roundel verso. 96.2 grams, 40 mm
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Victorian Brass Lady's Skirt Lifter
Late 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The Eureka brass skirt lifter, fitted with a quick release mechanism, by H. Knight and Co, with the design registered in 1877 and bearing the UK Registration Mark. 36.5 grams, 94 mm
From an old English collection formed before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market.
This item would have been fastened to the hem of a long skirt and linked to the waist; the wearer would use it to discreetly hold her dress hem clear of the ground to keep her dress clean, especially when climbing stairs or entering/leaving a carriage.
