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A FINE SAFAVID BELT BUCKLE, PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
made of cut steel of rectangular form, the face finely perforated, with raised lobed domed central ornament surrounded by two calligraphic panels, with a further calligraphic band around the borders set against scrolling arabesques, the reverse with fastening fixtures
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inscriptions
Qur'an, surah al-saff (LXI), parts of 13 and ayat al-kursi (surah al-Baqara,II, 255).