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LOT 2044

Framed Watercolour Painting

INDIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.

11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (598 grams, 30.3 x 22 cm).

A courtyard scene composed of a couple embracing, the woman reluctant to accept the contents of the cup the man is offering her, landscape of hills and water beyond; text above and below, gold-coloured borders framing the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

CONDITION

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LOT 2044

Framed Watercolour Painting

Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)

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