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MAGNIFICENT TIMURID SPINACH JADE PENDANT 15TH CENTURY

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MAGNIFICENT TIMURID SPINACH JADE PENDANT 15TH CENTURY
AN EXTREMELY RARE & LARGE ISLAMIC TIMURID SPINACH GREEN JADE PENDANT OR AMULET, CIRCA 15TH-16TH
CENTURY, of cusped drop-shape, with flattened top edge, one side carved with floral design, the other side similarly carved with
central hexagonal calligraphic panel, The Inscriptions Reads: aqebat be-kheyr bad, 'May the end be good'. Measurement: 6 x 7 cm.
Provenance: Collection of La Comtesse de Broissia-Tortillia, Alexandria; and by descent. Of cusped broad drop-shape with upper
horizontal suspension bar, one side carved with floral design and central calligraphic panel , Very Interesting Piece .Flat poly-lobed
pendant with fine embossed carvings - Horizontal bar suspension at the top - One side with calligraphic inscriptions and scrolling
tendrils - The other side with floral decorations - Fine oily area , The fine Relief carvings of the offert for jade Clearly follow the
tradition of typical late Timurid / Mughal decorations. Besides, Many parallels can be found in aussi Herati manuscript illuminations.
Jade (yashm) Was INITIALLY very Sought-after icts Because of prophylactic as well as visual qualities icts. It was Believed to be
helpful to detect poison to cure eye diseases and to protect natural calamities contre Such As earthquakes. Selon the Muslim
polymath al-Biruni: 'It is Said That jade gold one variety of it is called Expired the victory stone and for this reason the Turks
decorated Their swords, saddles and belts with it, desirous of Gaining victory over Their contestants and Opponents . Others
emulate Them in this respect by fashioning from it seals and knife handle. ' (Lentz, Thomas W. / Lowry, Glenn D .: Timur And The
Princely Vision. Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century, USA, 1989, p. 221).