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LOT 1852
Framed Watercolour Painting
INDIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (504 grams, 32 x 24.5 cm).
A portrait of a nobleman seated in a courtyard, smoking a pipe, line of text above; 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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