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LOT 1146
Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Bird
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.58 grams, 21.45 mm overall, 17.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
D-section hoop expanding to an octagonal bezel, intaglio motif of a stylised bird with long beak.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, The Ascension of Delights by Muhammad al-Mandi Ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi
1162 A.H.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rebound hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to both covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap; title page with liquid gold panel inside a frame with cross and colon detailing (:+:); text pages with concentric red, black and liquid gold frame and typically 17 lines of black text with red titles and highlighting, marginal notation; liquid gold header blocks, occasional dense marginal notation; notation to underside of text-block; spine repaired. 587 grams, 11.5 x 16.7 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.12275-220403.
The text is 'Kitab matalle ammasaraat snarh dalayii alkhayrat' (The Book of Ascension of Delights, Explanation of the Evidences of Goodness) compiled by the Sheikh, writer and historian Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi who died in 1109 A.H. (1697 A.D.) written out by the poet Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Saleh ibn Omar Pasha al-Dimashqi in 1162 A.H. (1748 A.D.). -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet with Beast-Headed Terminals
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D-shaped in section with opposed horned beast-head terminals. 32.4 grams, 60 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Qajar Plaque with Kufic Inscription
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Octagonal carnelian plaque with offset chamfered edges, incised calligraphic script text in five lines with clusters of pointillé ornament. 10 grams, 34 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
