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LOT 0967
Western Asiatic Religious Vellum Manuscript Page Fragment
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (154 grams total, 18 x 13 cm including frame).
Irregular fragment with seven partial lines of text in black Naskh script. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 0967
Western Asiatic Religious Vellum Manuscript Page Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Carved figure of a crouching cat with pricked ears; drilled at the shoulder for suspension. 37 grams, 43 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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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. -
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Ex Rabi gallery, 1990s. Private collection of Iranian art.
