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LOT 1317
Silver Decorated Bracelet
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (61 grams, 91 mm).
Hollow-formed with rattle inside, D-shaped in section with running zigzag to each lateral face, raised transverse crests with punched annulet, rosette and other ornament. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Islamic Leather Bound Chinese Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25
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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. -
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Western Asiatic White Stone and Glass Bead Necklace
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to two broad faces and one edge. 27 grams, 36 mm
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