Chapter IV — Harf °03
Aqeeqعقیق
“the carnelian”
Carved carnelian seal-stone — the letter in Bayaan voice, cut intaglio
Aqeeq is the stone the word has always trusted. The Bayaan letter is carved into the red — outline and calligraphy incised the way seal-cutters have worked for a thousand years, the lines reading pale inside the stone.
Carved to be read, not pressed: the house does not reverse the letter for anyone.
- Materials
- Deep-red carnelian (aqeeq) · Aged brass mount
- Hand techniques
- Intaglio gem-carving · Hand lapping & polish
- Hours of hand-work
- 63
- Edition
- 1 / 1
Sanad — chain of authenticity
VAO·IV·03
Sealed with a hand-numbered certificate recording the hours, the materials, and the artisan's initial — with a fragment of the material it was born from.
Commission this letter
This harf is taking shape in the atelier. One commission will be accepted; the piece is finished for its collector.