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LOT 1091
Luristan Copper Bead Necklace with Pendant
11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
24 3/8 in. (143 grams, 62 cm long).
Restrung group of copper barrel-shaped beads, disc pendant with central dome and concentric raised rings.
ProvenanceLondon, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 1091
Luristan Copper Bead Necklace with Pendant
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Of tapering cylindrical form with everted rim, decoratively notched ribs of alternating breadth to to body. 60 grams, 78 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1993. -
Amorite Terracotta Animal
1800-1600 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Modelled in the round with halter to the chest, strap to the brow and saddle with two lateral containers and straps. 88 grams, 85 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, Allibab al Maenari by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi
18th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to covers; 16 laid-paper page; title page with rectangular-red-ink frame and title blocks and panels of naskh text below a triangular panel of scrolled foliage ornament; text pages with red-framed rectangular blocks of black-ink text with red headers, occasional marginal notation, disc stamps to first and last pages. 171 grams, 14 x 23 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The text is the Book of Allibab al Maenari on Philosophy by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi; once the property of Judge Ahmed Nazif in Belgrade in the 18th century A.D.