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LOT 2205
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (915 grams, 37.5 x 30 cm).
Depicting a series of lavish tents erected in a green landscape, populated by a prince and men in attendance of a punishment, dark blue arboreal border, Indian workmanship; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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