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LOT 1311
Urartu Bronze Bracelet with Beast Heads
9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (54 grams, 74 mm).
D-section hoop with finials formed as opposed serpent-heads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Western Asiatic Handled Bronze Cup
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a broad shallow bowl and integral handle with thumb-pad and spur beneath, pierced laterally and with incised ring-and-dot motifs to the upper face. 154 grams, 12 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Schist Votive Offering Table
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid in plan with basal ring and shallow dished face. 669 grams, 16.7 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Islamic Manuscript, Al Jameh til Tebb for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli
877 A.H. (1472 A.D.)Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Rebound as a hardback with leather spine, fore-edge flap with envelope flap, marbled boards; title page with red-ink naskh script text in a triangular block and numerous annotations and two (accession) stamps; text pages typically 21 lines of cramped black-ink naskh script with red titles and underscores; marginal notes in a variety of hands; some water damage to lower edge; last page unbound, with extensive notation in a looser, more expansive hand; title page repaired. 272 grams, 14.7 x 19.7 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.12270-220408.
The text is 'Al Jameh til Tebb' composed for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli.
