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LOT 1623
Early Arabic Inscribed Stone Fragment
NORTH OR WEST AFRICA, 13TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
16 3/4 in. (6.31kg total, 42.5 cm high including stand).
Irregular fragment of sedimentary rock with six short lines of carefully incised calligraphic text; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in the private collection of Joseph Knopfelmacher (1923-2019), a collector of Saharan artefacts, acquired by at least 1995.
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