A SELJUK INSCRIBED SCHIST CASTING MOULD PERSIA, 12TH CENTU...

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£6,000 - £8,000

A SELJUK INSCRIBED SCHIST CASTING MOULD
PERSIA,
12TH CENTURY. Of teardrop form, raised central boss with a roundel, the moulded area of circular form, a band of inscription with four roundels, raised to the centre with repeating vertical lines,
The benedictory inscriptions read:
Round the mould in cursive: probably
Inside the tray in cursive: al-'izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa al-sa'ada wa al-baqa li-sahibihi (Glory and Prosperity and Wealth Happiness and Long-life to its owner). Provenance Private UK collection formed in the 1950s and 60s.PublishedArts from the Land of Timur, Sogdiana Books, 2012, p. 168, no.349.