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LOT 1807

Watercolour Painting Group

INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (5 grams total, 15 x 10 cm).

Four bifacial manuscript pages, each with multiple lines of text to recto and a painting between panels of text to the verso, including animal and figural scenes in architectural and landscape settings. [4]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

CONDITION

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LOT 1807

Watercolour Painting Group

Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)

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