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LOT 1171
Miniature Book with Quranic Prayers
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14 grams, 25 mm).
Leather-bound with handwritten texts in black and red ink, first four pages decorated. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
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Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, Discovery and Science of Chemistry and the Stars by Ali bin Abd al-Rahman al-Ta'ifi al-Makki
Mecca, 996 A.H. (1588 A.D.)Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rebound laid paper manuscript with full leather binding, drypoint border to covers and central impressed arabesque foliage panel; conserved, with usage wear and many marginal notes and five-point stars in red and black; usage wear to edges repaired and restored, with feint drypoint lineation; title page with red and black naskh script triangular text-block framed with annulets; text in blocks of typically 23 black-ink lines per page with red underscoring and titles. 252 grams, 14.3 x 19.5 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.12271-220416.
The text is 'Kashf al'asrar fi hatk al'astar' (the discovery of science and chemistry) written by Ali Shalby Zadeh. This copy was written by Alin bin Abd al-Rahman al-Ta'ifi al-Makki in front of the Holy House at Mount Ajyad in Mecca in the year 996 A.H. -
Syro-Phoenician Two Shekel Deer Weight
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Modelled in the round as a figure pierced at the neck to accept a mounting ring. 14.6 grams, 30 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Sumerian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Female Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Frieze of kneeling female figures with braided hair, each supporting an item on a raised hand: a chalice, a loaf(?) and a flame; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 14 grams, 28 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
