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LOT 2080

Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group

19TH CENTURY A.D.

12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each).

Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea(?) ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. [2]

Provenance

Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.

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LOT 2080

Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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