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LOT 1210
Western Asiatic Painted Levantine Bowl
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 in. (555 grams, 20 cm wide).
With carinated profile, band of pointillé and other ornament surrounding scrolled tendrils. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Islamic Illuminated Kufic Manuscript Page from the Qur'an
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Square vellum leaf with 9 lines of Kufic script to recto and 10 to verso, black ink with liquid gold, red and blue ink diacritics and embellishments, pricked layout grid. 15 grams, 24.5 x 22 cm
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Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal for Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil
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Engraved with a frieze composed of human figures and columns of text: 'Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil (?), servant of (the god) Sakkud'; drilled vertically for suspension. 9.16 grams, 28 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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. -
Mesopotamian Amethyst and Gold Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Restrung group of spherical amethyst beads with gold tubular and pomegranate beads, centrepiece a square-section hatched gold bar with ribbed bulb finials. 37 grams, 58 cm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12269-221973.
