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LOT 1937
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 1/4 x 10 in. (782 grams, 38.6 x 25.5 cm).
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. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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