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LOT 2053
Post Medieval Bronze Lincoln Imp Spoon
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (52 grams, 98 mm).
With broad shallow bowl, short stub handle with 'Lincoln Imp' figure seated at the top with one leg across the other. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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North African Framed Qur'an Manuscript Leaf
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Written in Maghribi script with polychrome vocals and diacritics, red border framing the text; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 456 grams, 27.5 x 22.5 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco, North Africa. Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Originally produced as part of a now disbound Qur'an produced in North Africa, likely in a provincial town. The origins of the script in which it is written date back to 7th century Kairouan, when the Kufic script developed in the East and the Maghribi script in North Africa, today used predominantly in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Showing figures beneath a canopy erected in a hilly landscape; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame, Indian workmanship. 2 kg, 54 x 45 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Gold Roman Style Pendant
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Discoid with repoussé radiating petals, repoussé central boss, pellets to the rim and granule to the tip of each petal, beaded wire collar to the boss. 10.72 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
