TWO AUSPICIOUS CALLIGRAPHIC INTAGLIO PLAQUES
Iran, 20th century

Comprising an engraved yellow agate plaque, in the shape of a niche surmounted by a cusped arch, with 6ll. of dense thuluth calligraphy reading the bismillah and prayers, 8.5cm x 7cm; and a rectangular carnelian plaque with cusped short sides, engraved in naskh and thuluth scripts reading the 99 names of Allah (al-Asma ul-Husna) divided into a chequered chart, 5.8cm x 11.5cm.