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NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
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A BANDED AGATE TALISMAN
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Of oval form with lightly sloping sides, the central area engraved with four stylised cloudbands, lightly engraved with the shahada and the names of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs, a further band of naskh inscription around the outer border
1¾in. (4.2cm.) across
NORTH EAST PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Of oval form with lightly sloping sides, the central area engraved with four stylised cloudbands, lightly engraved with the shahada and the names of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs, a further band of naskh inscription around the outer border
1¾in. (4.2cm.) across