Western Asiatic Stone Geometric Pendant

CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (7.61 grams, 37 mm).

Rectangular body with integral suspension loop and engraved grid of dot-in-lozenges on the obverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. for similar patterns (Pythagorean tetractys) in Islamic art Critchlow, K., Islamic Patterns, an analytical and cosmological approach, London, 1976, fig. F, p.31.

CONDITION

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