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LOT 1079
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (33 grams, 63 mm).
Penannular in form with tapering finials, D-section shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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Islamic Manuscript Pair, The Science and Chemistry of Precious Stone and Minerals; and Book on Magic
Tangier, 1139 A.H. (1726 A.D.)Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Rebound as a hardback with cloth binding to spine and envelope flap, marbled boards; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block; text pages typically 25 lines of cramped black-ink script with red titles and diacritics; second quire with looser black-ink script, 22 lines per page with perpendicular marginal notes and numerical grids. 268 grams, 17 x 23.5 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.12278-220407.
The texts are (1) 'Revealing and explaining the nature of precious stones and minerals in the Science of Chemistry' by Sheikh Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Ahmad Zarruq al-Fassi, written out by Sahnoun bin Muhammad al-Wansharisi in 1139 A.H. (1726 A.D.) (2) 'Iwamie altaerif fi matalie altasrif' (On magic) written by Iman Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali al-Tusi who died in 505 A.H. (1111 A.D.). This copy was made in Tangier in 1139 A.H. (1726 A.D.). -
Luristan Bronze Pin with Petals
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Trefoil head of a dress pin with large dished roundel at the top and two smaller ones to the sides. 27 grams, 13.3 cm
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sumerian Terracotta Vessel
2600-2400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Squat biconvex jar with short neck and broad flat mouth; shoulder and body decorated with dense array of radiating combed lines, interrupted at the equator by a herringbone-pattern band, '4' shaped herringbone motif to the underside. 322 grams, 12.3 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12257-222364.
