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LOT 2665
Indian Watercolour Portrait
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. (87 grams, 42.2 x 33.5 cm).
A framed watercolour portrait on paper portraying a male figure looking left, wearing a plumed turban and holding a sword or dagger, set against a large cushion and atmospheric sky; concentric rectangular borders containing inscriptions within polygonal cartouches, interspersed with scrolling floral panels; oval stamp to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a Greater Manchester collector.
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