Author
Unknown (made)
Publication Date
1750
Publication Place
Cairo (made) Iran -
Subject
Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 4.6cm, Width: 4.1cm, Thickness: 0.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
964-1884
Record ID
964-1884
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1750
Notes
Heart shaped quartz crystal seal set in silver, with loops for suspension. The seal is engraved with Arabic inscription (1st chapter of the Koran), finely written within the larger letters of the words 'O Mohammad.'
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler
agate, silver (?), engraving, welding, tooling
Fiziksel açıklama
An off-white, semi opaque pendant of tear drop-shaped agate, coarsly framed with black (silver?) metal. The sides of the frame are tooled with a diagonal stripe and the front is set with a punched line. The two holes at the top of the metal frame are decorated with tooled quatrefoils. The agate is finely engraved with Surah 1 (Al Fateha) from the Koran, within the bold bands of the invocation 'O Mohammad'. The field decorated with a scrolling foliate design. Possibly Iran, c.1750-1850.
