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LOT 1151
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm).
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Winged Figure
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
With frieze in two registers including a winged figure, procession of goats, facing robed figure and various symbols. 17.5 grams, 40 mm
Ex S collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s. -
Islamic Manuscript, Al Jameh til Tebb for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli
877 A.H. (1472 A.D.)Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Rebound as a hardback with leather spine, fore-edge flap with envelope flap, marbled boards; title page with red-ink naskh script text in a triangular block and numerous annotations and two (accession) stamps; text pages typically 21 lines of cramped black-ink naskh script with red titles and underscores; marginal notes in a variety of hands; some water damage to lower edge; last page unbound, with extensive notation in a looser, more expansive hand; title page repaired. 272 grams, 14.7 x 19.7 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.12270-220408.
The text is 'Al Jameh til Tebb' composed for Sheikh Ezz al Din ibn Jama by Dr Mohamad bin Al Masuli. -
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Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Necklace Bead Collection
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a large quantity of beads including oblate seed beads, large tubular, facetted and discoid beads, and one shaped as a bird. 89 grams total, 2-21 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
