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LOT 1273
Luristan Bronze Cloak Pin
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
8 7/8 in. (60 grams total, 22.5 cm).
With tapering round-section shank, stepped profile to the upper section and biconvex bulb; divergent antenna arms above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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Rock Crystal Stamp Seal of 'Shar Abbas'
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Hexagonal in plan with tapering profile, pierced for suspension; calligraphic nastaliq script with foliage embellishments. 21 grams, 35 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Free-standing; formed with a pinched face, hair held in a bun at the back of the head, arms folded across the waist, wearing a neck collar and possibly a headdress; splayed foot. 33 grams, 10.1 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection. -
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, A Summary of Astronomy by Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi
942 A.H.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, gilt central arabesque foliage panel and drypoint borders, fore-edge and envelope flap; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block with circular stamp and other notation; text pages each typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text with red titles, blocks of marginal notation. 418 grams, 15.5 x 20.5 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.12273-220406.
The text is an explanation of the book 'Summary of Astronomy' written by the engineer Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi who died in 840 A.H. (1436 A.D.). The work is a footnote in the clarification of the minister, astronomical engineer Sinan al-Din Pasha, Yusuf bin Khadr bin Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi who died in 891 A.H. (1486 A.D.) by order of Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh bin Murad, a student of the author. This version dates to 952 A.H. (1535 A.D.).
