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LOT 1297
Luristan Bronze Mount with Facing Animal Heads
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (82 grams, 94 mm).
Large quatrefoil openwork mount with billeting to the frame, loops at the apices and facing bull-head masks.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 1297
Luristan Bronze Mount with Facing Animal Heads
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Islamic Manuscript, Al Jameh til Tebb for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli
877 A.H. (1472 A.D.)Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Rebound as a hardback with leather spine, fore-edge flap with envelope flap, marbled boards; title page with red-ink naskh script text in a triangular block and numerous annotations and two (accession) stamps; text pages typically 21 lines of cramped black-ink naskh script with red titles and underscores; marginal notes in a variety of hands; some water damage to lower edge; last page unbound, with extensive notation in a looser, more expansive hand; title page repaired. 272 grams, 14.7 x 19.7 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.12270-220408.
The text is 'Al Jameh til Tebb' composed for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli. -
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Graduated group of mainly annular and oblate beads in various materials, centrepiece a tabular stone with concentric circle motif to each face. 24.9 grams, 43.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Waisted Jar
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Tubular with slightly flared rim and expanding towards the base, carinated with a raised basal ring. 147 grams, 91 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
