Sale 6940
London
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12 October 2004
Price realised
GBP 8,962
Estimate
A LADY HOLDING A CUP SCHOOL OF MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID IRAN, MID 17TH CENTURY Gouache with gold heightening on paper, depicting a girl in red tunic with blue sleeves holding gold cup of wine and bottle on cream ground with gold foliage, mounted on album page, yellow card with yellow and blue border, small repaired tear in miniature Folio 10¾ x 7 3/8in. (27 x 18.6cm.); miniature 6½ x 3in. (16.5 x 8cm.)
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