QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1303/1886-87 AD

Having poetry inscribed on royal seals which included the epithet of the king with playful use of words such as huwa al-naser on our example was not an uncommon practice in Iran. Huwa al-naser is found on other known seals from Nasir al-Din Shah's collection housed in the Golestan palace Museum and private collections in Iran (Farasati, 1380, nos.45 and 51). Our seal bears an unidentified couplet which has annotations to kingship, and could perhaps be from Nasir al-Din's personal collection of poems.
Another personal seal of Nasir al-Din Shah sold in these Rooms, 25 October 2018, lot 65.