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Ethiopian Illuminated Magic Scroll

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Description

Tigray, mid-19th century AD. A vellum scroll with three hand-coloured illuminations and panels of Ge'ez script in red and black. See Mercier, J., Ethiopian Magic Scrolls, 1979, for others painted by this most important painter of scrolls. 57 grams, 1.68m (66"). Ex central London gallery; previously in the Taglioretti collection, Bergamo, 2007. [No Reserve]

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Fine condition.

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Ethiopian Illuminated Magic Scroll

Name: Ethiopian Illuminated Magic Scroll
SKU: 108179366
Price: 1900 GBP
Availability: InStock

Estimate £1,000 - £1,400

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