A SAFAVID NEPHRITE JADE SEAL

IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

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A SAFAVID NEPHRITE JADE SEAL
IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
Of circular form, engraved with thuluth script with elongated upstrokes, in modern gold mount marked 750
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The inscription reads al-wathiq bi al-malik al-samad al-'abd Hajji Husayn bin Muhammad (Confident in the Eternal King, His servant Hajji Husayn bin Muhammad). A seal stone with a similar inscription is in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection (Marian Wenzel, Ornament and Amulet, London, 1993, cat.454, p.140-1, p.263).

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