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LOT 1236
Ottoman Stamp Seal Group
17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (16.5 grams total, 22-23 mm).
Including discoid, octagonal and arabesque types with calligraphic text. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islamic Leather Bound Chinese Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel and foliage frame to front and back covers; title and end pages with liquid gold frame enclosing a pattern of geometric and floral blocks with Kufic script lozenge above calligraphic text; text pages with red-outlined rectangular panel and typically five lines of bold black-ink text with red diacritics and headers. 310 grams, 16.5 x 22.5 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The text is a Chinese version of the Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25. -
Luristan Bronze Standard Finial with Bird
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With a conical, collared body; the top with a stylised bird modelled in the round. 87.4 grams, 99 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2nd-8th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A rectangular lead sheet rolled into a tight scroll with the text to the inner face. 31 grams, 58 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
The item was possibly meant to be what the Romans called a defixio or 'curse tablet', on which the magical malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or change it.
