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LOT 0255
Old Babylonian Terracotta Figure of Musicians
1900-1600 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (116 grams, 10.5 cm).
Moulded as two females posed side-by-side with long flared skirts, one holding a small percussion instrument and the other with a pipe raised to her mouth, each with segmented hair and conical cap, casting seams to the lateral edges, hollow underside.
ProvenanceEx Monique Sancey Collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
with Bonhams, 14 May 2003, no.229.
European private collection.
Cf. later figure in the British Museum under accession no.1880,0617.1697.
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LOT 0255
Old Babylonian Terracotta Figure of Musicians
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, Two Books on Mathematics
1095 A.H.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to each cover; title page with triangular block of naskh text with red marks; first set of text pages typically with 31 lines of cramped naskh script in black ink with red highlighting, hand-drawn geometric figures with numerical notation relating to angles, etc; second set with looser script typically in 23 lines with marginal notes and red underscoring, tables and perpendicular text blocks. 232 grams, 16 x 21.5 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The texts are: (1) 'Ghaniat alhisab' (In Arithmetic) the classification by Judge Jamal al-Din Ahmad bin Ali Ibn Thabit (2) 'Alkaayib' (In Calculating Mathematical Copies) by the computer scientist Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ha'im al-Magdisi, written out by Yusuf ibn Hussein Hamouda Al-Habibi in the year 1095 A.H. (1683 A.D.). -
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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With lateral curled horns and wedge-shaped muzzle, ribbed loop to the rear. 11.8 grams, 28 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
