A LARGE ENGRAVED BRASS OFFICIAL MUGHAL SEAL BEARING THE NAME OF MUHAMMAD SHAH (1702 - 1748)
Northern India, dated 1126 AH (1714 AD)

The flat seal plaque of circular shape, with 4ll. of dense nasta'liq script bearing the name and honorific titles of Muhammad Shah, the 13th Mughal Emperor ruling from 1719 until 1748, and the date 1126 AH, scattered across a ground of miniature rosettes and stylised foliage, encased within a circular band featuring twelve calligraphic roundels in-filled with the names and royal titles of his predecessors, outlining the direct lineage of the Mughals from Timur-i Lang (Tamerlane), surmounted by a short flared grip with a button-like pommel, attached to a sloping bell-shaped base, the plaque 9.8cm diam., 14.2cm high including the grip.