
Oliver White
Head of Department
£700 - £1,000
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Provenance: Sotheby's, 1980s.
Two line inscription:
nisf/ fals
"half-/ fals"
According to a note by A.H Morton "One or two similar in the Kuwait Collection", and two in a large mixed lot (Sotheby's 24-25 April 1997, Lot 618). These weights with a denomination but no number of qirat or kharruba are rare. This weight corresponds roughly to a 10 qirat weight. The weight of an unpublished anonym full fals weight of the same "style" is 3.11gr.(Strasbourg)