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LOT 2156
Nepalese Paper Prayer Scroll in Sleeve
CIRCA 20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (216 grams, 11.3 cm).
Tightly-rolled within an aluminium sleeve with wire closure; the scroll possibly of earlier date. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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