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LOT 1238
Large Format 'The Enlightenment' Quran Manuscript Page
OTTOMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (23 grams, 43.5 x 26.5 cm).
Manuscript leaf with text from Surah 42, 'Ash Shurah' ('The Enlightenment'); ovate painted blue panel with tendril ornament.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Scottish private collection.
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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