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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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Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Idol Group
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising: idol with applied broad textured collar and hair; idol with exaggerated applied eyes, collar and arm; small idol with phallic detailing; some repairs and restorations. 271 grams total, 8.2-16.5 cm
Ex James Chesterman collection, Cambridge, UK, 1990s. -
Large Western Asiatic Decorated Bronze Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Broad flat-section penannular band with bands of punched pellets, solar discs, herringbone and other ornament. 72.6 grams, 70 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Islamic Manuscript, 'Explanation of the Astrolabe Al-Manadam' by Al-Hakim the Physician Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Iskandarani
1289 A.H. (1872 A.D.)Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Hardback with quarter-calf binding and cloth-covered boards; title page with naskh script text in a triangular block; text pages typically 18 lines of loose black-ink script inside hand-drawn bilinear frames with red titles and diacritics, ru'qah script headings, text figures, diagrams, numerical and text tables, perpendicular text-blocks; usage wear. 468 grams, 20.3 x 25.6 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.12276-220409.
Astrolabes were used to make astronomical measurements, specifically to determine the altitudes of celestial bodies, but over time astrologers and travellers devised many different uses for the instrument. They were especially useful to navigators in order to determine position when out of sight of land. This text explains the book 'The Astrolabe' and several ways in which the device could be deployed.
