A PERSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD AND JADE CALLIGRAPHIC PENDANT

QAJAR, CIRCA 1830, AND SAFAVID 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A PERSIAN ENAMELLED GOLD AND JADE CALLIGRAPHIC PENDANT
QAJAR, CIRCA 1830, AND SAFAVID 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Of broad inverted drop form, one side enamelled with a finely observed female portrait in an interior, in a scrolling orange and green enamel frame, the other side inset with a similarly shaped pale celadon jade calligraphic talisman inscribed in elegant thuluth with a central invocation surrounded by two bands of similar elegant calligraphy taken from the Qur'an, in a ruby inset surround, pendant garnets flanking a central spinel below, on elabrate beaded gold chain, enamel frame chipped
1.7/8in. (4.8cm.) wide