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LOT 0395
Ethiopian Magic Scroll
EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY A.D.
86 1/2 in. (114 grams, 2.20 m long).
Produced using parchment; rectangular with inked geometric borders; leading edge with panel of nimbate winged cherubim; two panels of Coptic text divided by a series of saltire motifs, facing masks and quatrefoils, traces of red and green pigment; old seam repair; linen binding tape. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Adalberto Frezza, 2004.
Ex central London gallery.
See Mercier, J., Ethiopian Magic Scrolls, New York: George Braziller, 1979, for discussion.
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