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LOT 1957
Framed Watercolour Painting
INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (559 grams, 27.5 x 20 cm).
Depicting a female figure standing in a landscape with trees, water and birds, holding an instrument over her shoulder; set in a reveal within 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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