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Lot 13R
A Seljuk inscribed schist casting mould Persia, 12th Century
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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A Seljuk inscribed schist casting mould
Persia, 12th Century
Persia, 12th Century
of teardrop form with raised central boss, the mould area to interior of circular form with three channels joining at the rim, a band of inscription to flattened top of boss, the sides of the boss with repeating vertical lines, a further band of inscription interspersed by roundels containing rosettes encircling the central boss, two holes drilled to edge
15.1 cm. long
15.1 cm. long
Footnotes
Provenance
Private UK collection formed in the 1950s and 60s.
Published
Arts from the Land of Timur, Sogdiana Books, 2012, p. 168, no. 349.
Inscriptions: al-sa'adah [wa] al-sala/ mah wa a[l]-iqbal wa al-ijlal /al-siyadah al-qa'imah, 'Happiness [and] well-being and prosperity and honouring and rising dominion'; to the band in the middle, 'amal-i darvesh ibn nur (?) bin hujjat aqa, 'The work of Darvesh (Darvish) ibn Nur (?) bin Hujjat Aqa.'
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