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Caligraphic exercise,
Persian manuscript on paper, 6ll. of black nasta'liq in clouds on gold ground, below a heading in large black script on illuminated heading, a quatrain written diagonally below, interstices illuminated in red, blue and gold, India, 19th century - 47.5 x 33cm.; another, 5ll. of black shikasteh in two columns, illuminated borders, blue leaf, Persia, 19th century - 35 x 21.6cm.; calligraphic bird, in gold, red and green - 31.6 x 22cm.; and bifolio from a manuscript, line of large and small brown maghribi, line in gold, North Africa, 18th/19th century - 25 x 15.2cm., all framed and glazed
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Persian manuscript on paper, 6ll. of black nasta'liq in clouds on gold ground, below a heading in large black script on illuminated heading, a quatrain written diagonally below, interstices illuminated in red, blue and gold, India, 19th century - 47.5 x 33cm.; another, 5ll. of black shikasteh in two columns, illuminated borders, blue leaf, Persia, 19th century - 35 x 21.6cm.; calligraphic bird, in gold, red and green - 31.6 x 22cm.; and bifolio from a manuscript, line of large and small brown maghribi, line in gold, North Africa, 18th/19th century - 25 x 15.2cm., all framed and glazed
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