A FINE SAFAVID PIERCED STEEL DOOR-FIITTING PLAQUE
PERIOD :
1693-1694 (AH 1105)
ORIGIN:
Safavid dynasty
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 26 centimetres Width: 20 centimetres
DESCRIPTION:
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In a form of a lozenge this safavid steel Plaque, possibly made as door-fitting, made of steel; openwork decoration consisting of a “thuluth” inscription refering to the Qur’anic story of Solomon and Bilqis, Queen of Sheba, at the moment when the Queen receives Solomon’s message.
FOOTNOTES:
Inscriptions
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: central
Inscription language: Arabic
Inscription script: Thuluth
Inscription content: Qur’an 27:30
Inscription translation: ‘It is from Solomon and it is this: In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.’
CONDITION REPORT:
Relatively in good conditions as viewed.
PROVENANCE:
Private collections,Acquired in the 1966,
