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LOT 0210
Anatolian Stone Stamp Seal
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.3 grams, 24 mm.).
Triangular in section with three figural scenes: (A) two serpents, opposed; (B) bird with wings spread; (C) regardant quadruped with tail raised; pierced longitudinally; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue slip.
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LOT 0210
Anatolian Stone Stamp Seal
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ring Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including barrel-shaped, ellipsoid-bezel and other types. 44.7 grams total, 17-29 mm
From the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Restrung group of graduated annular trade beads in various materials. 23.9 grams, 62 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, The Ascension of Delights by Muhammad al-Mandi Ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi
1162 A.H.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rebound hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to both covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap; title page with liquid gold panel inside a frame with cross and colon detailing (:+:); text pages with concentric red, black and liquid gold frame and typically 17 lines of black text with red titles and highlighting, marginal notation; liquid gold header blocks, occasional dense marginal notation; notation to underside of text-block; spine repaired. 587 grams, 11.5 x 16.7 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12275-220403.
The text is 'Kitab matalle ammasaraat snarh dalayii alkhayrat' (The Book of Ascension of Delights, Explanation of the Evidences of Goodness) compiled by the Sheikh, writer and historian Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi who died in 1109 A.H. (1697 A.D.) written out by the poet Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Saleh ibn Omar Pasha al-Dimashqi in 1162 A.H. (1748 A.D.).
