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Lot 46

A Safavid inscribed jade Pendant
Persia, 17th Century

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Safavid inscribed jade Pendant
Persia, 17th Century

in the form of a six-petalled flowerhead formed of six inscription-filled cartouches radiating from an inscription-filled roundel
5.2 cm. max.

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Inscriptions: an invocation to the Prophet as 'Peace be upon the Lord of Messengers!' and six similar quotations from the Qur'an that are: invocations to God's word (Chapter XXXVI (yasin), verse 58), Al Yasin (Chapter XXXVII (al-safat), verse 130), Abraham (Chapter XXXVII (al-safat) verse 109), Moses and Aaron (Chapter XXXVII (al-safat) verse 120), and Noah Chapter XXXVII (al-safat) verse 79), the last being from the Qur'an, chapter XCVII (al-qadr), verse 5) which ends with: 'Until the rise of Morn'.

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