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LACQUER BINDING,
PAINTED PREDOMINANTLY WITH ORANGE, GREEN AND GOLD WITH A CENTRAL CROSS FLANKED BY SWIRLING BOTEH AND FOLIATE MOTIFS, WITHIN LAPPET BORDER, CREAM DOUBLURES PAINTED WITH STARS IN SIMPLE BORDER, KASHMIR, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY - 31.5 X 23.2CM.
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EX LIBRIS JOHN HADMAR STICHT

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AT THE DAMAGED CORNERS OF THE BINDING, IT CAN BE SEEN THAT THE BOARDS ARE COMPOSED OF VARIOUS LAYERED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, SOME WITH BLUE RULED MARGINS AND A LAYER OF CLOTH ON WHICH THE 'PAPIER MACHé' IS LAID.

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