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LOT 0370
Medieval Drawing of a Saint
NESTORIAN COMMUNITY, CIRCA 1450-1500 A.D.
6 1/8 in. (8 grams, 15.5 cm).
Composed of a polychrome painted saint figure standing facing right; parchment fragment behind with inked Latin blackletter script and musical neumes; mounted on modern backing card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx J. Altounian collection (1890-1954), until 2009.
Ex central London gallery.
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