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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and bird, possibly from a pendantfront

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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and bird, possibly from a pendant

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Near East (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1682 - 1878 (AH 1094 - 1294)
    Material and technique
    onyx, bevelled and incised; gold setting
    Dimensions
    with setting 1.1 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    onyx 0.9 x 1.2 cm (height x width)
    reverse/ bird 1 x 0.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    onyx,
    onyx,
    onyx,
    onyx,
    onyx,
    more
    Technique index
    cut,
    incised,
    incised,
    cast
    Object type index
    pendant,
    seal,
    gem,
    seal,
    seal
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1890.
    Accession no.
    EAX.3462

  • Further reading

    Kalus, Ludvik, Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), no. 2.3.22 on p. 39, pl. I.2.3.22

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Islamic Seals and Talismans by Ludvik Kalus

    Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans

    Onyx (?) (black/pale blue) in a gold setting, perhaps used as a pendant; both faces plain, the part of the edge close to the back face bevelled towards the back and its other part covered by the setting; oval.

    Obverse- Two lines of cursive script (nasta`līq), with dots. A date beneath.

    (1) Nasīm نسيم
    (2) Waṣfī وصفي

    94 [1094?/1682-3 or 1194?/1779-80 or 1294?/1876-7] ٩٤

    Above, one small flower head consisting of five dots.

    Reverse- Bird (ostrich ?).

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