Sale 8537
London, South Kensington
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14 October 1999
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
Mecca and Medina, lithographs on paper, showing respectively the harams of Mecca and Medina, coloured in red, green, yellow and gold, Arabic inscriptions in red above and black below, printed in Kazan by V Varaxine, dated AH 1300s/19th century AD, each framed and glazed, (some wear, mainly to edges of Medina) - 36 x 47cm. See illustration for one (2)
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