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LOT 1269
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (5.2 grams, 21 x 34 cm).
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative inset header panel with red-ink text, marginal arabesque painted motif and notation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
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LOT 1269
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With frieze of three facing figures wearing long robes and headdress, crescent and other objects in the field. 3.019 grams, 16 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Boar Figure
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Modelled in the round, boar on a rectangular base with exaggerated crest and pellet eyes. 66 grams, 72 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection. -
Neo-Babylonian Terracotta Mother and Child Figure
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Moulded in high-relief; mother standing nude and holding child in her left hand and offering her breast to the child with her right; mounted on a custom-made stand. 144 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
Acquired in the UK in the early 1990s. Ex property of a Guernsey collector.
