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Oval bezel seal with nasta‘liq inscription, floral decoration, and a quadruped
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 1855 - 1856 (AH 1272)
- Material and technique
- glass, bevelled and incised; silver setting
- Dimensions
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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)
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tool/implement › matrix › seal,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Reverend Greville J. Chester, 1889.
- Accession no.
- EAX.3458
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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
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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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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