A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY

A TIMURID SEAL RING WITH NEPHRITE JADE INSCRIPTION, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003162

A rare Islamic Timurid silver and gold seal ring with engraved dark-green Jade, Persia or Heart Central Asia. The circular table of dark-green Jade incised with an inscribed seal with overlapping elegant naskh, a gold band around the side engraved with dotted-pattern, the tapering silver lower sides with deeply engraved scrolling motifs, the underside of the bezel with similar motifs and the word 'la Elaha Ela Alah' engraved, the triangular section silver bezel with scrolling motifs and lower pointed element. The text is written in mirror reverse, suggesting that the stone may once have served as seal. 2.9 cm. Weight 14 gr.

The inscription on the seal comprises the name: Shaykh ‘abu ‘Iishaq Alsultan Almurshid

CATALOGUE NOTE Sultan Sahak born in the 14th century was a Kurdish religious leader who founded the spiritual path of the Ahle Haqq, also known as the Yarsan. He is considered to be the manifestation that fully reflects the divine essence by the Ahle Haqq and the revealer, expounder of the fourth stage of the religion.