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IRAN AND NEAR EAST, 17TH CENTURY AND EARLIER
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A COLLECTION OF SEALS
IRAN AND NEAR EAST, 17TH CENTURY AND EARLIER
Of either round or rectangular form, comprising four elegant Safavid seals with nasta'liq inscriptions, two of which engraved on dark red carnelian, five with naskh type inscriptions, nine with kufic inscriptions, most with fine scrolling vegetal flourishes, one with a Hebrew inscription
Largest 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diam.
IRAN AND NEAR EAST, 17TH CENTURY AND EARLIER
Of either round or rectangular form, comprising four elegant Safavid seals with nasta'liq inscriptions, two of which engraved on dark red carnelian, five with naskh type inscriptions, nine with kufic inscriptions, most with fine scrolling vegetal flourishes, one with a Hebrew inscription
Largest 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diam.
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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