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LOT 2034
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/3 x 12 3/4 in. (942 grams, 41 x 32.5 cm).
With watercolour border populated with stylised polychrome leaves; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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