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IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
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A SELJUK CAST BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Cast with two addorsed sphynxes among sprays of foliage within a
benedictory inscription band in kufic script reading al-'izz wa al-baqa' wa al-dawla wa al-baha (?) wa al-rafiya (?) ... wa al-ghibta wa al-'ala wa al-mulk ... li-sahibihi, the centre with a raised attachment ring
4.1./8in. (10.6cm.) diam.
IRAN, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Cast with two addorsed sphynxes among sprays of foliage within a
benedictory inscription band in kufic script reading al-'izz wa al-baqa' wa al-dawla wa al-baha (?) wa al-rafiya (?) ... wa al-ghibta wa al-'ala wa al-mulk ... li-sahibihi, the centre with a raised attachment ring
4.1./8in. (10.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
London market, 1980s.