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LOT 1173
Green Stone Pendant with Inscription
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (36.2 grams, 63 mm).
Rectangular with scooped detailing to the upper edge, point pierced for suspension; five lines of calligraphic nastaliq script with floral ornament. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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Urartu Bronze Bracelet with Beast Heads
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D-section hoop with finials formed as opposed serpent-heads. 54 grams, 74 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, A Journey to Jerusalem and the Levant by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i
869 A.H. (1464 A.D.)Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, drypoint border to covers and central geometric roundel; laid paper pages with usage wear to edges; title page with header block of calligraphic thuluth script in triangular block and several notes in different hands; each page with typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text in black with red underscoring and subdivision marks; occasional marginal notes and footnotes; one quire partly detached; extensive marginal wear to last few pages; copyist unnamed. 379 grams, 13.3 x 18.3 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.12274-220412.
The text is 'Muthir algharam ala ziarat alqus w alshaam' (a book on history describing the journey to Jerusalem and the Levant) by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i who died in 765 A.H. (1363 A.D.). The copy is dated to 899 A.H. (1464 A.D.). -
Western Asiatic Gold and Bead Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Gold wire dangle with agate, pearl, glass and other beads. 2.44 grams, 53 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
