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LOT 0434
Ethiopian Leather 'Book of Psalms' Codex
17TH CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (3.5 kg, 32.5 x 24.5 cm).
Wooden end-boards covered with tooled leather, later reinforced with a new plain leather spine and replaced twine stringers; psaltery with decorated title page in Ge'ez script, red and black ink; parchment pages with dry-point guidelines, black text with red detailing; some pages with decorative polychrome busts, architectural features, etc. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Claudia Belcher, London, until 2005.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12045-212183.
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LOT 0434
Ethiopian Leather 'Book of Psalms' Codex
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
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Comprising two statuettes depicting Minerva and an armoured soldier holding an shield, and a medieval style ring. 311 grams total, 2.5-12.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Shropshire private collector. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed of six men wearing turbans, seated in a landscape, text above and below; 17 rows of text to the reverse; mounted in a bifacial reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.5 kg, 41.5 x 30.7 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Post Medieval Silver Ring with 'In this Sign is Health' and Lion
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With hatched bands dividing the D-section hoop into quarters, ellipsoid cup-shaped bezel with impressed design of a lion gardant beside a rosette with legend above 'in hoc salus' (in this [sign is] health). 10.31 grams, 28. 09 mm overall, 18.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
