Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf with Noble Ladies. 19th-early 20th century A.D. A rectangular manuscript page with watercolour scene of three noble females in a landscape, one leaning forward to pierce a snake with a lance(?); panels of nasta'liq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 480 grams, 29.7 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.).

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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