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ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 3 LINES OF BLACK NASKH BELOW A LONGER LINE OF LARGER SCRIPT, ALL WITHIN ILLUMINATED CLOUDS AND WITH ILLUMINATED ROUNDELS BETWEEN PHRASES, THE PANEL OF 3LL. FLANKED BY GOLD AND POLYCHROME ILLUMINATED RECTANGULAR PANELS, OTTOMAN TURKEY, SIGNED BELOW AND DATED AH 1158/1745-6 AD, THE WHOLE WITHIN A LATER-ADDED GOLD AND BLACK BORDER OF EUROPEAN STYLE ACANTHUS LEAVES, MOUNTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED, (VERY LIGHT SMUDGING AND FLAKING) - 21.2 X 31.5CM.
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