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LOT 2123
Ethiopian Painted Parchment of the Miracles of Mary
CIRCA 1650 A.D.
11 3/4 in. (7 grams, 29.9 cm).
Rectangular vellum fragment with painted architectural image to obverse with single caption; six lines of Ge'ez script to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Collection of David Buxton (1910-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
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