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LOT 1916
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/3 x 12 in. (1.5 kg, 41.5 x 30.7 cm).
Composed of six men wearing turbans, seated in a landscape, text above and below; 17 rows of text to the reverse; mounted in a bifacial 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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LOT 1916
Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (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. -
Silver Bowl with Animals and Calligraphy
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Decorated with circumferential bands of lozenges, floral vines, calligraphic text, animals processing right amid flowers, second band of floral vines and panel of text to base. 140 grams, 12.2 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. -
Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone Collection
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including three octagonal types with nasta'liq script; one ellipsoid, similar (chipped); one square with incised script. 8.47 grams total, 10-19 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
