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LOT 1202
Western Asiatic Grey Ware Storage Vessel
LATE BRONZE AGE, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/8 in. (823 grams, 16.3 cm wide).
With biconvex profile, broad rounded underside and trumpet-shaped mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Large Western Asiatic Ribbed Bronze Earring Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each a penannular tapering hoop with graduated bulbs forming a ribbed profile. 50 grams total, 65 mm each
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript Juz' from the Qur'an by Turkan bin Ahmad
1153 A.H. (1740 A.D.)Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, gold block border to covers and central arabesque foliage panel; 56 laid-paper pages expertly conserved, usage wear to edges repaired and restored, with drypoint lineation; title page with header block of calligraphic thuluth script reserved against a polychrome field with decorative foliage scrolls and blocks of colour; four lines of black script below; second page with similar header block, six lines of text with black and red diacritics and floral embellishments; rest with typically nine lines of text with red and black diacritics, floral motifs with liquid gold pointing; marginal notes and concentric roundel motifs with rosette to the centre and tulip motif above; page 54 with two lines of footnotes. 954 grams, 30.4 x 38 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.12279-220401.
The text is a juz' (chapter or internal division) from the Qur'an, the Surah Maryam (of Mary) to the Surah Al-Anbya (of the Prophets), Books 19 to 21. -
Phoenician Silver Inscribed Seal Matrix
Circa 8th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With inscription in Phoenician script [mem 'alep sin nun ayin nun samek = water, ox head, teeth, fish, eye, fish, tower]. 6.4 grams, 16 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
