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LOT 1163
Western Asiatic Red Standstone Fragment Group
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (4.79 kg total, 18 cm each).
Comprising two carved architectural fragments: a plaque with reserved foliage, and a corbel with leaves and tendrils. [2, 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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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Designer necklace comprising tubular and fusiform lapis lazuli beads. 30 grams, 58 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Vessel with Double Strap Handle
Middle-Late Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Barrel-shaped in profile with double-strap transverse handle, thick spout to the shoulder. 713 grams, 16 cm
From 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. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, A Journey to Jerusalem and the Levant by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i
869 A.H. (1464 A.D.)Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, drypoint border to covers and central geometric roundel; laid paper pages with usage wear to edges; title page with header block of calligraphic thuluth script in triangular block and several notes in different hands; each page with typically 21 lines of dense naskh script text in black with red underscoring and subdivision marks; occasional marginal notes and footnotes; one quire partly detached; extensive marginal wear to last few pages; copyist unnamed. 379 grams, 13.3 x 18.3 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.12274-220412.
The text is 'Muthir algharam ala ziarat alqus w alshaam' (a book on history describing the journey to Jerusalem and the Levant) by Imam Jamal al-Din Abu Mahmoud Ahmad bin Muhammad Ibn Hilal al-Maqdisi al-Shafi'i who died in 765 A.H. (1363 A.D.). The copy is dated to 899 A.H. (1464 A.D.).
