A Safavid openwork steel buckle Persia, 16th/ 17th Century of convex circular form with circular mount to reverse, decorated in openwork backed with brass with a central inscription-filled roundel surrounded by an inscription-filled band, the inscriptions interspersed by foliate motifs 6.1 cm. diam. Fußnoten Provenance Mark and Peter Dineley Collections, UK. Inscriptions: Qur'an, chapter XLVIII (al-fath), verse 1; Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-saff), part of verse 13, followed by 'Verily, it is God's help, the excellent Watcher and He is The All Forgiving, The Most Merciful'.
A Safavid openwork steel buckle Persia, 16th/ 17th Century of convex circular form with circular mount to reverse, decorated in openwork backed with brass with a central inscription-filled roundel surrounded by an inscription-filled band, the inscriptions interspersed by foliate motifs 6.1 cm. diam. Fußnoten Provenance Mark and Peter Dineley Collections, UK. Inscriptions: Qur'an, chapter XLVIII (al-fath), verse 1; Qur'an, chapter LXI (al-saff), part of verse 13, followed by 'Verily, it is God's help, the excellent Watcher and He is The All Forgiving, The Most Merciful'.
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