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LOT 1080
Western Asiatic Astrological Manuscript Page Group
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (61 grams, 24 x 18 cm).
Group of six paper leaves with black cursive Naskh script in blocks of 25 lines; red ink headings and sub-headings; numeral to the head of each side; one tabulation grid with listings and vertical headers; some minor repairs. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Western Asiatic Carnelian Triangular Bead will Galley
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Composed of a polished flat diamond-shaped carnelian bead, with pricked design in the form of a galley, drilled for suspension; sold together with six translucent green glass doughnut-shaped beads displaying decorative vertical dashes around the external faces. 4.51 grams total, 8-20 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Large Akkadian White Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Displaying a frieze composed of human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension. 57 grams, 45 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Orange Jasper Cylinder Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With incised frieze of birds and animals in a landscape, guilloche borders above and below. 4.6 grams, 24 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.015. London collection, 2016.
