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LOT 1336
Mitanni Glazed Composition Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
CIRCA 1420-1300 B.C.
7/8 in. (1.78 grams, 22 mm).
With frieze of antelopes and a tree. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.021.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 617, for type.
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LOT 1336
Mitanni Glazed Composition Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Fitting from a Whetstone
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising a barrel-shaped collar with raised corrugated rim to each end; flat-section curved neck with beast-head finial, incised circular eyes, long curved horns. 115 grams total, 84 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Altar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With collared looped handle, the upper face and handle with punched annulets; intaglio motif of an altar(?) between hatched borders. 19.4 grams, 22 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. -
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.).
