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LOT 1170
Western Asiatic Vellum Document Group
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. OR LATER
3 5/8 - 4 3/4 in. (10.36 grams total, 9.2-12.1 cm).
Group of four vellum fragments each with text laid out in regular lines; probably Pali script. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection, acquired 1996.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Unopened Lead Scroll with Case Fragments
2nd-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Tightly coiled sheet-lead panel with neat inscription in an alphabetic script or abjad. 41 grams total, scroll: 70 mm long
Ex S.M. London collection, UK, 1970-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The item was possibly meant to be what the Romans called a defixio or 'curse tablet', on which the magical malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or change it. -
Western Asiatic Silver-Coloured Metal Bead Group
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising nine beads with central filigree collar and beaded collar to each end, one melon bead and one openwork bead. 38 grams total, 13-21 mm
Ex collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1970s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Enamelled Calligraphic Copper Bowl
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The body decorated with two bands of advancing deer on a polychrome field, the lower band with a single bird amongst the deer, two further bands of calligraphic inscription to the body. 477 grams, 17 cm
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
