Superb Islamic caligraphic carnelian intaglio seal, 16th.-18th. cent
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1489265
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1489265
$175.00
A high quality intaglio, large for type and carved in an even coloured transperant carnelian stone, probably MUGHAL/SAFAVID, 16th.-17th. century AD.
Rather complicated oval cartouche, carved with artful caligraphic arabic within a double border.
Size: c. 21 mm. long and almost 6 mm. thick.
Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact with inky deposits.
Ex. L.P. Niederrhein, aquired before 1980.
Rather complicated oval cartouche, carved with artful caligraphic arabic within a double border.
Size: c. 21 mm. long and almost 6 mm. thick.
Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact with inky deposits.
Ex. L.P. Niederrhein, aquired before 1980.
