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LOT 0976
Western Asiatic Manuscript Fragment
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (213 grams, 18 cm).
Rectangular paper leaf with a block of text to each side in nastaliq script, black ink with red ink captions and diacritics; mounted in a bifacial glazed panel.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of beads of various shapes and shades of cream, light blue and grey. 10.1 grams, 24 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
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Bactrian Copper Standing Bull
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Figure of a zebu standing with head raised, dewlap to the chin and chest, angled hump behind the shoulders; mounted on a custom-made stand. 215 grams, 11.1 cm wide (357 grams total, 11.7 cm including stand)
Acquired before 1972. with a London, UK gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.10460-170847. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Haematite seal with carved frieze of a standing supplicant offering a vessel to a seated potentate; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.47 grams, 15 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.74; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
The late W.G. Lambert was Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham in the period 1970-1993.
