Islamic Art - Property of a European Collector Part IV

Lot 1 - A CAST OPENWORK BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE SHAPE OF A LION Eastern Iran or Afghanistan, the body 11th - 12th century, the head, neck, and tail later additions

Sold for £11,250

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Lot 2 - TWO KASHAN POTTERY BOWLS WITH COBALT BLUE AND WHITE RADIATING BANDS Iran, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 3 - A KASHAN TURQUOISE AND BLACK POTTERY BOWL WITH ROSETTES Iran, 11th - 12th century

Sold for £212

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Lot 4 - TWO KASHAN POTTERY BOWLS WITH TURQUOISE AND BLACK RADIATING BANDS Iran, 11th - 12th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 5 - FIVE KASHAN TURQUOISE ARCHITECTURAL CERAMIC TILES Iran, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £550

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Lot 6 - A SMALL ENGRAVED AND FACETED BRONZE BOTTLE Khorasan, Eastern Iran, 12th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 7 - A MINA'I POTTERY BOWL AND JUG Kashan, Iran, late 12th - early 13th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 8 - A COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY BOWL WITH FIGURES AND VEGETAL MOTIFS Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 9 - A MOULDED COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED FUNERARY POTTERY TILE Possibly Kashan, Timurid Iran, late 15th - early 16th century

Sold for £3,750

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Lot 10 - A LARGE SELJUK SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE INKWELL Khurasan, Eastern Iran or Herat, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £5,250

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Lot 11 - THREE PERSIAN POTTERY TILES Iran, 13th - 14th century

Sold for £425

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Lot 12 - THREE SAFAVID BLUE AND COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY BOTTLES Iran, 17th - 18th century

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 13 - TWO SMALL KUBACHI FIGURAL POTTERY TILES Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,750

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Lot 14 - A PANEL OF THREE SAFAVID KUBACHI FIGURAL POTTERY TILES Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 15 - A SAFAVID BLUE, RED AND GREEN POTTERY PILGRIM FLASK Kirman, South Eastern Iran, 17th - 18th century 

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 16 - A SMALL SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL Iran, 17th - 18th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 17 - AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED FERDOWSI'S SHAHNAMA MANUSCRIPT Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 18 - AN INCOMPLETE POETIC ANTHOLOGY Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 19 - AN ALBUM PAGE WITH RUSTAM APPROACHING A CASTLE DURING A BATTLE Safavid Iran, 17th century, the calligraphy dated 1086 AH (1675)

Sold for £812

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Lot 20 - AN ILLUMINATED ALBUM PAGE WITH AN ARCHAISTIC PORTRAIT OF A SAFAVID NOBLEMAN Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 21 - THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NIZAMI'S KHOSROW O SHIRIN Iran, 18th and late 19th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 22 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH FIGURAL LITERARY SCENES Qajar Iran, 19th and 20th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 23 - A LARGE ALBUM PAGE WITH FIGURAL STUDIES Iran, late 18th - 19th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 24 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT PENDANT WITH A QAJAR BEAUTY Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 25 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT WITH A WESTERN BEAUTY Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,750

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Lot 26 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH RENOWNED FEMALE LITERARY SUBJECTS Iran, dated 1208 AH (1793)

Sold for £812

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Lot 27 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH FIGURAL MOTIFS Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 28 - A KASHMIRI-STYLE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH FLORAL SCROLLWORK CHEVRONS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 29 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH PORTRAITS OF FOREIGN MAIDENS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 30 - A LARGE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE WITH INDIAN FIGURES Possibly Kashmir or Northern India made for the Persian export market, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £425

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Lot 31 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH NATIVITY SCENES Najaf 'Ali Circle, Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 32 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH FLORAL MOTIFS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £938

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Lot 33 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 34 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH WESTERNISED FEMALE BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, dated 1269 AH (1852) and inscribed 'Ya Shah-e Najaf' for Najaf Ali (active 1810 - 1860)

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 35 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIFS Qajar Iran, late 18th - 19th century

Sold for £475

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Lot 36 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH SCENIC VIEWS AND GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIFS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 37 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Qajar Iran, the inner cover dated Dhu al-Qidah 1317 AH (March 1900) and signed Muhammad Ali Ibn Muhammad Husain Al-Isfahani

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 38 - TWO ALBUM PAGE STUDIES OF FLOWERS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £350

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Lot 39 - AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A GOL-O-BOLBOL STUDY Qajar Iran, dated 1252 AH (1836) and signed Lotf 'Ali

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 40 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH MOTHER AND CHILD PORTRAITS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,188

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Lot 41 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS PORTRAITS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 42 - TWO LARGE QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PANELS WITH BANQUET SCENES Iran, 19th century

Sold for £961

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Lot 43 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH WESTERNISED MOTHER AND CHILD SCENES Qajar Iran, dated 1325 AH (1907) and signed Abd al-Husain Sani' Humayun

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 44 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH CHERUBS AND CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 45 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT WITH MOTHER AND CHILD Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £3,500

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Lot 46 - TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANTS WITH FEMALE PORTRAITS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £3,250

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Lot 47 - A MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILE Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 48 - AL-SAHIFA AL-SAJJADIYYA: PRAYERS OF THE FOURTH SHI'A IMAM, ALI IBN HUSAYN ZAYN AL-'ABIDIN Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 49 - A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL WITH THE ZULFIQAR, IMAM ALI'S SWORD Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £475

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Lot 50 - A PARCHMENT SHI'A HIRZ (PRAYER) SCROLL Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £188

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Lot 51 - A SINGLE LINE OF THE QUR’AN IN MONUMENTAL MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,750

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Lot 52 - TWO CHINESE QUR’AN SECTIONS China, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 53 - A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 54 - AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE Ottoman Syria, 16th - 17th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 55 - A SECTION FROM AN OCTAGONAL OTTOMAN MINIATURE QUR'AN, SURA AN-NABA (78) TO THE END Ottoman Turkey or Provinces, 18th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 56 - AN OTTOMAN PARCEL-GILT REPOUSSÉ SILVER BOWL (TAZA) Ottoman Balkans, Western Ottoman Provinces, 16th - 17th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 57 - A QAJAR MOULDED POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY TILE WITH KNEELING PRINCES Iran, 19th century

Sold for £5,250

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Lot 58 - AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO WITH AN ENTHRONED PRINCE IN CONVERSATION Bukhara, Central Asia, early 17th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 59 - TWO LOOSE ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A DISPERSED SHAHNAMA MANUSCRIPT Possibly Shiraz, late Safavid Iran, 17th - 18th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 60 - AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PORTRAIT OF A ZAND KNEELING MAIDEN Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

Sold for £450

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Lot 61 - A NEAR PAIR OF QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL BOTTLES WITH STOPPERS Iran, second half 19th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 62 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED SILVER AND COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH PORTRAITS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 63 - A QAJAR GILT-COPPER POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED QALYAN CUP Iran, 19th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 64 - A MONUMENTAL QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER VASE Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 65 - A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL URN Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £300

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Lot 66 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH YOUTHS AND LOVERS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 67 - FOUR WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS OF QAJAR BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 68 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH PORTRAITS Iran, dated 1288 AH (1871)

Sold for £450

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Lot 69 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT COPPER QALYAN CUP WITH LOVERS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £938

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Lot 70 - A QAJAR GOLD QALYAN CUP ENCRUSTED WITH TURQUOISE, SPINELS AND GLASS BEADS Qajar Iran, early to mid 19th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 71 - A QAJAR GILT-COPPER QALYAN CUP ENCRUSTED WITH TURQUOISE BEADS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £138

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Lot 72 - THREE PORCELAIN WATER PIPE (QALYAN) BOTTLES WITH MATCHING STEM CUPS Possibly France made for the Persian export market, one dated 1299 AH (1881-2), the other two late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 73 - TWO COMPOSITE MURAQQA' ALBUM CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS WITH THE 'SIX SCRIPTS' Iran, the calligraphy 15th century and later, the album panels 19th century

Sold for £8,750

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Lot 74 - FOUR ILLUMINATED FOLIOS OF NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY Iran, 16th - 18th century

Sold for £3,250

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Lot 75 - A LARGE GOLD NASTA’LIQ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL Iran or Ottoman Turkey, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 76 - TWO LARGE ALBUM PAGE PANELS OF NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY India, 19th century, attributed to Muhammad Mahmud Nawar Mu'jiz

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 77 - THREE ILLUMINATED ALBUM PAGES OF NASTA’LIQ CALLIGRAPHY Iran, 16th and 19th century

Sold for £3,500

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Lot 78 - A BOLD NASTA’LIQ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL Qajar Iran, 19th century, signed Mirza Mahdi

Sold for £600

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Lot 79 - TWO LOOSE ALBUM PAGES OF BOLD NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 80 - TWO LOOSE CALLIGRAPHIC PAGES Qajar Iran, dated 1236 AH (1820 - 1821) and 1249 AH (1833), signed by Ahmad Shamlu

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 81 - TWO LOOSE ALBUM PAGES WITH SIGNED CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS Qajar Iran, one dated 1197 AH (1782), the latter 19th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 82 - FOUR LOOSE PANELS OF NASKH CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, early 19th century

Sold for £550

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Lot 83 - A CONCERTINA ALBUM OF NASKH CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, dated Rabi Ul-Awwal 1305 AH (November - December 1887) and signed Abdullah Gilani Eshkevari

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 84 - SIX LOOSE FOLIOS OF NASKH CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 85 - TWO LOOSE FOLIOS OF NASKH CALLIGRAPHY Iran, dated 1131 AH (1718) and 1186 AH (1772)

Sold for £812

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Lot 86 - TWO LOOSE CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM Qajar Iran, late 19th century, ca. 1888

Sold for £3,500

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Lot 87 - SIX DECORATED DÉCOUPAGED BORDERS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM Qajar Iran, c. 1888

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 88 - THREE TINTED DRAWINGS IN THE STYLE OF HOSSEIN BEHZAD (1894 - 1968) Iran, 20th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 89 - A NATURALISTIC STUDY OF A SHOT DEER Qajar Iran, dated 1296 AH (1878 - 79) and signed Fursat al-Shirazi

Sold for £4,750

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