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LOT 1779
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, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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