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LOT 1242
Ottoman Ottoman Large Format Illuminated 'The Spider' Quran Manuscript Page
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
16 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (15 grams, 42.2 x 25.7 cm).
One page from Surah 29, 'Ankabut' ('The Spider'), seven handwritten lines of Nastaliq(?) script, floral border with gold paint on blue.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Scottish private collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1242
Ottoman Ottoman Large Format Illuminated 'The Spider' Quran Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Old Babylonian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Frieze in three registers: two crouching gryphons facing each other on a hatched base; below, advancing ox; court scene with a profile figure seated on a dais holding a vessel and facing two advancing figures in robes with open front, one leg exposed; sapling scene-divider; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.41 grams, 19 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Gold Earring Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
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Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Of shallow profile with rounded base and inverted rim. 255 grams, 15.5 cm
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