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LOT 0213
Proto-Sumerian Seal with Animals
CIRCA 3000 B.C. OR LATER
1 5/8 in. (37.4 grams, 40 mm).
Plano-convex stamp seal with design of two crouching quadrupeds placed tête-bêche; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe in 2002.
European private collection.
The motifs have been created using a drill, hence the rounded appearance.
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LOT 0213
Proto-Sumerian Seal with Animals
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Urartu Bronze Spouted Vessel
10th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With drum-shaped body, broad neck, everted rim; long, deep U-sectioned integral spout; band of incised parallel lines to the shoulder and beneath the spout. 706 grams, 24.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Glass Bottle with Blue Trail
9th-10th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Aqua glass with applied dark blue glass trail to foot and neck, everted rim. 27.2 grams, 93 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Islamic Manuscript, 'Explanation of the Astrolabe Al-Manadam' by Al-Hakim the Physician Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Iskandarani
1289 A.H. (1872 A.D.)Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Hardback with quarter-calf binding and cloth-covered boards; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block; text pages typically 18 lines of loose black-ink script inside hand-drawn bilinear frames with red titles and diacritics, ru'qah script headings, text figures, diagrams, numerical and text tables, perpendicular text-blocks; usage wear. 468 grams, 20.3 x 25.6 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.12276-220409.
Astrolabes were used to make astronomical measurements, specifically to determine the altitudes of celestial bodies, but over time astrologers and travellers devised many different uses for the instrument. They were especially useful to navigators in order to determine position when out of sight of land. This text explains the book 'The Astrolabe' and several ways in which the device could be deployed.
