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Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation
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LOT 1009

Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation

LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.

12 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (735 grams total, 32.5 x 23.2 cm).

Depicting the Gemini constellation, the twins shown nude and with long braided hair, Arabic text above and below, thirteen lines of Arabic text to the reverse; set in a glazed frame with a reveal to both sides. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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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LOT 1009

Western Asiatic Framed Gilt Manuscript Page with Gemini Constellation

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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