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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and a quadrupedfront

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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and a quadruped

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Near East (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1855 - 1856 (AH 1272)
    Material and technique
    glass, bevelled and incised; silver setting
    Dimensions
    seal 2.4 x 1.1 x 0.75 cm (height x width x depth)
    glass 1.7 x 1 cm sight size (height x width)
    1 g (weight)
    Material index
    glass,
    silver
    Technique index
    incised,
    incised,
    cast
    Object type index
    gem,
    seal,
    handle,
    seal,
    seal
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1889.
    Accession no.
    EAX.3458

  • Further reading

    Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.4 on p. 34, pl. I.2.3.4

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Islamic Seals and Talismans by Ludvik Kalus

    Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans

    Pale green glass (?), in a silver setting with small folding handle; frontal face plain; oval. Quadruped walking to the right, above on the left one line of cursive script (nasta`līq). A date beneath.

    Gul-rukh گل رخ
    1272/1855-6 ١٢٧٢

    The ground is spread with some flower heads consisting of dots.

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