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LOT 1148
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (134 grams total, 5-28 mm).
Comprising a group of mixed beads of various forms and in a variety of mostly natural stones and materials; each pierced for stringing. [80]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 1148
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Other Necklace Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Islamic Illuminated Kufic Manuscript Page from the Qur'an
13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
Rectangular vellum leaf with liquid gold text and ornament, rectangular grid with liquid gold, red and green ink border, gold text with red diacritics; recto with additional panel of text in liquid gold, yellow, red and blue. 7.4 grams, 25 x 17.5 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.12280-220413. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Free-standing, with a pinched, bird-like face, conical headdress or hairstyle, ornamental collar and stub arms; splayed foot. 57 grams, 13.5 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump. 1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman.
