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LOT 0993
Illuminated Quran Page
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (4 grams, 34.2 x 21.5 cm).
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script; polychrome rosettes and other detailing to the text, quatrefoil in the margin. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1980s-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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