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LOT 1358
Western Asiatic Calligraphic Carnelian Gemstone
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.60 grams, 11 mm).
Ellipsoid carnelian plaque with Kufic script legend. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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