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LOT 0277
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript Juz' from the Qur'an by Turkan bin Ahmad
1153 A.H. (1740 A.D.)
12 x 14 7/8 in. (954 grams, 30.4 x 38 cm).
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, gold block border to covers and central arabesque foliage panel; 56 laid-paper pages expertly conserved, usage wear to edges repaired and restored, with drypoint lineation; title page with header block of calligraphic thuluth script reserved against a polychrome field with decorative foliage scrolls and blocks of colour; four lines of black script below; second page with similar header block, six lines of text with black and red diacritics and floral embellishments; rest with typically nine lines of text with red and black diacritics, floral motifs with liquid gold pointing; marginal notes and concentric roundel motifs with rosette to the centre and tulip motif above; page 54 with two lines of footnotes.
ProvenanceFrom 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.12279-220401.
The text is a juz' (chapter or internal division) from the Qur'an, the Surah Maryam (of Mary) to the Surah Al-Anbya (of the Prophets), Books 19 to 21.
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LOT 0277
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript Juz' from the Qur'an by Turkan bin Ahmad
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Golden Horde Belt Buckle and Fittings Group
13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising: hexafoil strap- or belt-fitting with panels of scrolled tendrils and reserved petals, reverse damaged; tongue-shaped hollow strap-end with openwork arabesque finial, bands of scrolled tendrils to obverse, incised arabesque to reverse; two rectangular belt mounts each with openwork obverse, hanged looped fitting to lower edge; four discoid mounts with three pierced lugs; two triangular plaques with openwork scrolled tendril design, pin to each angle; spherical dangle; ribbed scaphoid dangle; openwork hoop with scrolled tendrils; annular mount with ropework motif to obverse. 45 grams total, 9-49 mm
Mr M.B., Mainz, Germany, since the 1980s. Private collection, London. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr. Jack Ogden of Strptwist Ltd, reference 190623 with description of the items and the techniques used to produce them, and the metallic composition of the gold (56.36% to 64.25% on the items tested). -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With lateral curled horns and wedge-shaped muzzle, ribbed loop to the rear. 11.8 grams, 28 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Urartu Bronze Spouted Vessel
10th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With drum-shaped body, broad neck, everted rim; long, deep U-sectioned integral spout; band of incised parallel lines to the shoulder and beneath the spout. 706 grams, 24.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
