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LOT 1256
Western Asiatic Schist Votive Offering Table
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (669 grams, 16.7 cm wide).
Discoid in plan with basal ring and shallow dished face. [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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Luristan Bronze Kohl Pot
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Of tapering cylindrical form with everted rim, decoratively notched ribs of alternating breadth to to body. 60 grams, 78 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1993. -
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Western Asiatic Gemstone Necklace Pendant Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising polished stones of various shapes, pierced for suspension; the stones are: quartz, pale amethysts, banded hardstone and blue chalcedony. 12.8 grams total, 10-18 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Islamic Leather Bound Manuscript, Allibab al Maenari by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi
18th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel to covers; 16 laid-paper page; title page with rectangular-red-ink frame and title blocks and panels of naskh text below a triangular panel of scrolled foliage ornament; text pages with red-framed rectangular blocks of black-ink text with red headers, occasional marginal notation, disc stamps to first and last pages. 171 grams, 14 x 23 cm
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
The text is the Book of Allibab al Maenari on Philosophy by the Philosopher Hussain bin Ali Al-Kashif Al-Baihaqi; once the property of Judge Ahmed Nazif in Belgrade in the 18th century A.D.
