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LOT 1249
Western Asiatic Miniature Glass Vessel
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (11.4 grams, 46 mm).
Iridescent ewer with tapering body and sharply carinated shoulder, balustered neck and funicular mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Bull
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With a D-section hoop, oval bezel with intaglio motif of an advancing zebu bull advancing left. 5.19 grams, 23.86 mm overall, 19.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
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South Arabian Alabaster Male Head
Late 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand
Formerly private European collection. with Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12262-222127. -
Islamic Leather-Bound Manuscript, The Ascension of Delights by Muhammad al-Mandi Ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi
1162 A.H.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rebound hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to both covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap; title page with liquid gold panel inside a frame with cross and colon detailing (:+:); text pages with concentric red, black and liquid gold frame and typically 17 lines of black text with red titles and highlighting, marginal notation; liquid gold header blocks, occasional dense marginal notation; notation to underside of text-block; spine repaired. 587 grams, 11.5 x 16.7 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.12275-220403.
The text is 'Kitab matalle ammasaraat snarh dalayii alkhayrat' (The Book of Ascension of Delights, Explanation of the Evidences of Goodness) compiled by the Sheikh, writer and historian Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad Al-Fasi who died in 1109 A.H. (1697 A.D.) written out by the poet Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Saleh ibn Omar Pasha al-Dimashqi in 1162 A.H. (1748 A.D.).
