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LOT 1329
Large Format 'The Enlightenment' Quran Manuscript Page
OTTOMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (23 grams, 43.5 x 26 cm).
Manuscript leaf with text from Surah 42, 'Ash Shurah' ('The Enlightenment'); ovate painted blue panel with tendril ornament.
ProvenanceAcquired 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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Opening Bid: £200
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From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.
