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LOT 1152
Persian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH 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]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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LOT 1152
Persian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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