326

VERY RARE TIMURID JADE TALISMANIC MAGIC PENDENT 15TH CENTURY

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
VERY RARE TIMURID JADE TALISMANIC MAGIC PENDENT 15TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE ISLAMIC TIMURID CARVED GREEN JADE TALISMANIC 'MAGIC' PENDENT, PERSIA, CIRCA 15TH/16TH
CENTURY the light green jade with a cusped petal border and flat edge with a cylindrical opening for attaching, finely carved design
'Magic' talismanic numbers.Equations of magic numbers find their origin to the second century BC, and originated in India and China.
Recorded as early as the tenth century in the Islamic world, such compositions of magical numbers were referred to as 'harmonious
organisation of numbers'. These equations appear on a number of mediums, and notably jade, which was carved into amulets &
Pendents such as the present example. A similar example is in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies,
Médailles et Antiques, inv. no. 2276. A Similar Example Appeared in Sothyebys Arts of Islamic World Auction April 2015 and Sold for
7,500 GBP ( More than 10,000 USD ).