Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Altar

Comprising a narrow hoop with bulb to the underside, discoid bezel with calligraphic nastaliq-script legend; possibly Timurid period. 6.21 grams, 22.86 mm overall, 16.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, gilt central arabesque foliage panel and drypoint borders, fore-edge and envelope flap; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block with circular stamp and other notation; text pages each typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text with red titles, blocks of marginal notation. 418 grams, 15.5 x 20.5 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.12273-220406.

The text is an explanation of the book 'Summary of Astronomy' written by the engineer Musa bin Muhammad Qadhi Zada al-Rumi who died in 840 A.H. (1436 A.D.). The work is a footnote in the clarification of the minister, astronomical engineer Sinan al-Din Pasha, Yusuf bin Khadr bin Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi who died in 891 A.H. (1486 A.D.) by order of Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh bin Murad, a student of the author. This version dates to 952 A.H. (1535 A.D.).

Square in plan with slightly domed obverse, image of fish and bird with Kufic text and pellet clusters, border with text and rosettes. 49.8 grams, 50 x 49 mm



with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.