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PERCHING BIRD,
DECOUPé AND GOUCHE HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD ON PAPER, SHOWING A TREE WITH SPREADING CURVED BRANCHES, IN WHICH PERCHES A LARGE BLUE AND SPOTTED BIRD, SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER BIRDS, INCLUDING A HOOPOE, CRANE AND DOVES, ALSO PERCH IN THE TREE, THREE GEESE WALK ON THE GRASS BELOW, ILLUMINATED SPANDRELS IN UPPER CORNERS, GOLD AND BLUE MEANDERING VINE BORDER BETWEEN MINOR RED BORDERS, MOUNTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED, (SOME WEAR, SMALL PIECES LACKING, VERY LIGHT STAINING), PROBABLY PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY - 19 X 24CM.; THREE COURT SCENES, GOUACHE HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD ON PAPER, SHOWING A FIGURE SITTING IN AN INTERIOR, AND OLD MAN SITTING BESIDE A BUILDING, AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A COURTYARD, ALL WITH ILLUMINATED MARGINS, IN SAFAVID STYLE - 42 X 26CM.; AND THREE LADIES IN AN INTERIOR WITH LAKE BEYOND, LUCKNOW STYLE, MARGINS ILLUMINATED WITH COMBAT SCENES - 41 X 26CM., ALL FRAMED AND GLAZED, ALL INDIA, 20TH CENTURY
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IT IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL TO FIND A PICTURE SO DELICATELY CONSTRUCTED FROM DECOUPAGE. EACH LEAF HAS BEEN PAINTED AND THEN CAREFULLY LAID DOWN, OFTEN WITH A FURTHER LAYER ON TOP AND THE NETWORK OF BRANCHES FROM LARGE TO FINE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME MANNER. THOUGH DAMAGED IN PLACES, THE DELICACY OF THE PICTURE REMAINS.

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