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LOT 2175
Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting with Lady
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (16 grams, 20.7 x 13.2 cm).
A watercolour painting on card depicting a dancing woman standing in front of a tree, wearing a floor length robe and holding her long head-covering away from her body with both hands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
Previously with the Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Property of a Essex gentleman.
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