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LOT 0976
Western Asiatic Manuscript Fragment
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (213 grams, 18 cm).
Rectangular paper leaf with a block of text to each side in nastaliq script, black ink with red ink captions and diacritics; mounted in a bifacial glazed panel.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
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