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IRAN, DATED AH 1126/1714-15 AD
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A SAFAVID PIERCED STEEL 'ALAM
IRAN, DATED AH 1126/1714-15 AD
Of drop form, the cut-steel body around a central drop shape formed of solid steel engraved with floral scroll, surrounded by a cut-steel band of scrolling flowering vine, a broad outer border with sura al-fath (Qur'an XLVIII, vv.1-2) in elegant thuluth on a ground of scrolling vine, one side of the inscription dated 1126, an engraved panel below, the whole enclosed within brass bands terminating in everted stylised dragon heads, inscribed at the base 'Abd al-Wahhab Isfahani be-tarikh-e doyyum-e Shawwal AH 1[1]37/2 July 1725, old damages on wood stand
21½in. (54.6cm.) high
IRAN, DATED AH 1126/1714-15 AD
Of drop form, the cut-steel body around a central drop shape formed of solid steel engraved with floral scroll, surrounded by a cut-steel band of scrolling flowering vine, a broad outer border with sura al-fath (Qur'an XLVIII, vv.1-2) in elegant thuluth on a ground of scrolling vine, one side of the inscription dated 1126, an engraved panel below, the whole enclosed within brass bands terminating in everted stylised dragon heads, inscribed at the base 'Abd al-Wahhab Isfahani be-tarikh-e doyyum-e Shawwal AH 1[1]37/2 July 1725, old damages on wood stand
21½in. (54.6cm.) high
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's, 16 April 1986, lot 184
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