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    Sale 6567

    Islamic Art and Manuscripts

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    23 April 2002

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    • A NUDE
    Lot 190

    A NUDE

    PROBABLY OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 2,151

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A NUDE
    Probably Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
    Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the young woman wearing a transparent veil reclining on cushions, mounted on card with calligraphic borders, outer margin of watered paper with gold floral meander, verso with page from a manuscript of poetry
    Folio 9¼ x 14 1/8in. (23.5 x 35.7cm.)

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