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LOT 0954
Western Asiatic Decorative Bronze Vase or Fitting
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (842 grams, 15.7 cm high).
Composed of a ribbed body, flared neck with octagonal collar, decorated with incised geometric detailing, centre of base absent.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 39.40.48a, b, for a vessel with similar form.
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LOT 0954
Western Asiatic Decorative Bronze Vase or Fitting
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Science of Astronomy and Mathematics Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of twelve leaves from a scientific treatise written in blocks of twenty-one lines of black ink Naskh script with occasional red insertions and highlighting; text figures in red ink; tabulation grids and zodiacal figures in red with black numerals and marginal calculations in blue; probably from North Africa. 60 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Bactrian Manuscript Fragment of a Letter Written to Bunakan
5th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Recto bearing ten incomplete lines of cursive script on leather; verso blank; accompanied by notes detailing the history and significance of such texts. 1.56 grams, 11.2 cm
Fair condition.
David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001. Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA. Central London gallery. Property of a UK collector. For UK buyers only, this item is not exportable from the UK.
The Bactrian kingdom of southern Transoxiana was only known from a handful of inscriptions, seals and coins until circa 1991, when a cache of around 150 documents was discovered in an archive belonging to the ruler of the city of Rob, dating between the 4th-8th century AD, leading to major developments in the understanding of the Bactrian language. Many of these documents were sold on the art market and collected by Dr. David Naser Khalili for his Nour Foundation. -
Western Asiatic Stone Animal Amulet
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Formed as a bounding dog with stylised detailing to both faces; pierced for suspension. 4.24 grams, 25 mm
Gabby family collection since the late 1960s, thence by descent.
