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LOT 1207
Western Asiatic Engraved Calligraphic Rock Crystal
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (104 grams, 56 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan and biconvex in section with spiral band of dense Nastaliq text surrounding a central calligraphic panel.
Provenance
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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