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LOT 0951
Safavid Miniature Water Colour Painting of Court Scene
CIRCA 1600 A.D.
10 1/8 x 7 in. (95 grams, 25.7 x 18 cm).
A hand-coloured miniature of a social gathering in a finely decorated room with host and guests sitting and kneeling, standing attendants at the margins, servant with platter and serving dishes, musician with frame-harp; blocks of nastaliq script text at heading and below; mounted in a card reveal; from a North India region school.
ProvenanceAcquired from the U.K. art market.
Private Scottish collection.
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