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LOT 1804
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. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1804
Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Fine condition.
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