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LOT 1158
Phoenician Glass Beads with Gold Spacers
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (7.05 grams, 79 mm).
Comprising two tubular banded green beads with gold collars, fused with other beads. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot with Snakes and Applicator
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Tapering tubular pot with trumpet-shaped mouth, raised collars to neck and base, undulating snake motifs; applicator with handle formed as three radiating lobes. 46 grams, 11.1 cm
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, A Journey to Jerusalem and the Levant by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i
869 A.H. (1464 A.D.)Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, drypoint border to covers and central geometric roundel; laid paper pages with usage wear to edges; title page with header block of calligraphic thuluth script in triangular block and several notes in different hands; each page with typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text in black with red underscoring and subdivision marks; occasional marginal notes and footnotes; one quire partly detached; extensive marginal wear to last few pages; copyist unnamed. 379 grams, 13.3 x 18.3 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.12274-220412.
The text is 'Muthir algharam ala ziarat alqus w alshaam' (a book on history describing the journey to Jerusalem and the Levant) by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i who died in 765 A.H. (1363 A.D.). The copy is dated to 899 A.H. (1464 A.D.). -
Bactrian Tubular Carnelian Bead
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Exceptional slender tubular bead with tapering shape towards either end, carinated around the centre 8.6 grams, 93 mm
with Nefer Gallery, 1993. From a European collection formed before 2000. Property of a London gentleman.
