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PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT AND GOUACHE HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD ON PAPER, THE PROPHET, MUHAMMAD, ASCENDS TO HEAVEN ON HIS HUMAN-HEADED STEED, BURAQ, WITHIN A HALO OF FLAME, SURROUNDED BY ANGELS CARRYING VESSELS AND DISHES OF REFRESHMENT, FURTHER ANGELS LOOKING DOWN FROM HEAVEN THROUGH A 'HOLE' IN THE SKY, LINES OF BLACK NASTA'LIQ IN FOUR COLUMNS BELOW, GOLD DIVISIONS, RED AND GOLD MARGINS BETWEEN BLACK RULES, BLUE OUTER RULE, (LIGHT SMUDGING, RUBBING AND FLAKING, SMALL REPAIRS TO FOLIO EDGES), MOUNTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED, PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY - 25 X 14.5CM.
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