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LOT 1356
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (2 grams, 12.5 x 19.5 cm).
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
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LOT 1356
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. 2 grams, 12.5 x 19 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s. -
Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. 15 grams, 26.6 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
About half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text. -
Sassanian Glass Bottle
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With bulbous body and flared mouth, applied discs to the equator, some iridescence remaining. 15.3 grams, 85 mm
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s. From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
