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LOT 1329
Large Format 'The Enlightenment' Quran Manuscript Page
OTTOMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (23 grams, 43.5 x 26 cm).
Manuscript leaf with text from Surah 42, 'Ash Shurah' ('The Enlightenment'); ovate painted blue panel with tendril ornament.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Scottish 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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LOT 1329
Large Format 'The Enlightenment' Quran Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Animal Motifs
Circa 2200 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Pale cream fabric, funicular lower body and broad rounded shoulder, band of painted ornament including ibises, a tiger and hatched panels. 2.28 kg, 29 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12187-222202. 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. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Boar Figure
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Modelled in the round, boar on a rectangular base with exaggerated crest and pellet eyes. 66 grams, 72 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, 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. -
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
An assorted colourful mix of glass, stone and faience beads. 60 grams total, 1-25 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 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.
