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LOT 1995
Tibetan Book of Sutras
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 x 11 7/8 in. (275 grams, 10.3 x 30.2 cm).
With silk-covered boards, thirteen loose leaves of calligraphic script with paper interliners. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
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