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LOT 2674
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (683 grams, 34.6 x 25.2 cm).
Showing a courtly tea-ceremony scene, a female attendant kneeling before a couple seated on a carpet and offering a cup, the male holding a cup in his outstretched hand while having his other arm draped around the shoulder of his female companion; another kneeling female on the foreground holding a tray of fruit, flowers on the foreground and an inscription on the upper left-hand corner; set in glazed wooden frame.
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
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LOT 2674
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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