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LOT 1864
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
21 1/3 x 17 2/3 in. (2 kg, 54 x 45 cm).
Showing figures beneath a canopy erected in a hilly landscape; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame, Indian workmanship. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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