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LOT 1773
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (637 grams, 27.2 x 20 cm).
With a watercolour scene of two men in a landscape, one lying on the ground, surrounded by trees and grass, panels of five lines of a poem above and below, border around the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1773
Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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