Seal
1743 (made)
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Oblong black magnetite seal inscribed in Persian with name of 'Cyril Jacob, General of Auxiliaries. 1156' (AD. 1743)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Black magnetite |
| Brief description | A rectangular tablet of magnetite, oblong, engraved in reverse with the title and name: کمک بهادر تهاور جنگ روشن الدوله کریل یعقوب ۱۱۵۶ komak bahadur, tahavor jang, roshan-ul-dowla-keyril yaqub 1156 Cyril Jacob, general of Auxiliance, 1743 22 ‘au’ on the bottom right The field highly engraved with delicate floral motifs. N.B. Bahador implied Indian rather than Iranian or Arab world. |
| Physical description | Seal, black magnetite, oblong, inscribed in Persian with name of 'Cyril Jacob, General of Auxiliaries. 1156' (AD. 1743) |
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| Object history | Bought from the collection of Gaston de Saint-Maurice (1831-1905) in 1884. Saint-Maurice displayed his extensive art collection at the 1878 Paris exhibition, in a gallery entitled L'Egypte des Khalifes. This was part of an official sequence of displays celebrating the history of Egypt, presented by the Egyptian state at this international event. Saint-Maurice held a position at the Khedival court, and had lived in Cairo in 1868-1878. Following the exhibition, Saint-Maurice offered his collection for sale to the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A). |
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| Summary | Oblong black magnetite seal inscribed in Persian with name of 'Cyril Jacob, General of Auxiliaries. 1156' (AD. 1743) |
| Bibliographic reference | List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. pp.92 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 962-1884 |
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| Record created | July 30, 2008 |
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