中世以降 ブロンズ 文字が刻まれた印鑑ペンダント - 26 mm (No reserve price)

中世後期のブロンズ製印章ペンダント（刻印デザイン付き）

Culture / Period: 中世後期
Date / Period: 17世紀 - 18世紀
Material: ブロンズ
Dimensions: 26 mm
Condition: 良好

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Provenance information:
Object Registration ID: 941

現所有者（S.N.J. S.）は、R.N.からロッテルダム（オランダ）で刻印デザインの印章ペンダントを購入しました。

前所有者のR.N.（ロッテルダム）は、この物品がいつ彼のコレクションに入ったかの日付を提供しませんでした。

前所有者によれば、物件は以前、オランダの私的コレクションの一部でした。その時期と所有期間は提供されず、現在も不明のままです。

前の所有者から、この物の以前の所有歴に関する追加情報は得られませんでした。

背景情報:
This small bronze stamp seal combines a circular engraved matrix with an integral openwork handle and suspension loop, allowing it to be carried or worn when not in use. The seal face bears an engraved design resembling cursive or calligraphic script. Although the forms may suggest an Islamic or Arabic-script tradition, no definitive reading of the inscription is available, and its precise linguistic and geographical attribution therefore remains uncertain.

Personal seal matrices were practical instruments of identity and authentication. Impressed into wax or another suitable material, they could reproduce names, inscriptions, symbols or personal devices on correspondence and documents. Their compact size and suspension loops made them convenient personal possessions for merchants, officials and other individuals who required a portable identifying mark.

During the 17th and 18th centuries,opean societies maintained extensive commercial and diplomatic connections with the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and the wider Mediterranean and Islamic worlds. Ships, merchants, diplomats and travellers carried commodities and personal possessions across these networks, providing a historical context in which small objects such as seals could circulate far beyond their place of manufacture.

Cast in bronze and subsequently engraved, the piece reflects an established tradition of producing durable personal seals in copper alloys. Its combination of functional matrix, decorative handle and portable format illustrates the close relationship between craftsmanship and everyday administrative life. This small seal provides a tangible connection to the movement of people, written communication and personal identity in the interconnected post-medieval world.