Lot 157
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A PERSIAN GREEN JADE AMULET of flat broad heart shape, each side carved with a central palmette issuing similar motifs, flowerheads and floral tendrils, a rectangular panel above on one side with a reversed engraved inscription, 15th/16th century, associated later gold suspension loop (slightly rubbed)

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A PERSIAN GREEN JADE AMULET of flat broad heart shape, each side carved with a central palmette issuing similar motifs, flowerheads and floral tendrils, a rectangular panel above on one side with a reversed engraved inscription, 15th/16th century, associated later gold suspension loop (slightly rubbed)
2¼in. (6cm.) across

Lot Essay

The inscription can be translated,'He who trusts in God the majestic'.
A similar although slightly later example of this type of jade amulet, from Mughal India, was sold in these rooms, 10th Octover 1989, lot 189

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