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LOT 2094
Watercolour Painting Group
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (4 grams total, 15 x 10 cm).
Three bifacial pages, each with recto with multiple lines of text and verso with watercolour painting between panels of text, including mounted riders in hunting, sports and battle scenes. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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