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LOT 0993
Illuminated Quran Page
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (4 grams, 34.2 x 21.5 cm).
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script; polychrome rosettes and other detailing to the text, quatrefoil in the margin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Cummings collection, UK, 1980s-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Opening Bid: £200
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Western Asiatic Votive Terracotta Dagger
1st century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Model dagger with two-lobed pommel and similar guard, applied bands to the scabbard, two attachment points. 5.83 grams, 88 mm
Japanese private collection, assembled in the 1990s. Acquired from the above in 2010. European private collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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