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LOT 1296

Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE PERSONAL SEAL MATRIX FOR 'MODDA IBN ABDULLAH'
14TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (16.6 grams, 17 mm).

Comprising a domed body rising to a pierced suspension lug, underside with discoid plaque and reversed incuse Arabic legend: 'Modda ibn Abdullah', a personal name also serving as a religious expression roughly translating to, 'Don't be a slave to anyone but Allah'.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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