A collection of seals and gold Fittings Persia, 11th-14th Century
comprising a jade seal of circular form, three glass weights, a carved stone in the form of a face, and two metal fittings the jade seal 2.3 cm. diam.(8)
Footnotes
Provenance: Formerly in the Ralph Harari collection.
The inscriptions read:
3 glass weights.
1) With the name al-Imam al-Hafiz who is probably the Fatimid caliph (525-44/1131-49). 2) With the name al-Imam al-Zahir who is probably the Fatimid caliph (411-27/1021-36). 3) Undeciphered.
A metal ring: undeciphered.
A Timurid jade seal with the name Ahmad Quli Khan.
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