27th Jun, 2012 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A PERSIAN AXE (SARE-H TABAR)
A PERSIAN AXE (SARE-H TABAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with etched crescentic head chiselled with a calligraphic cartouche highlighted in silver and decorated with gold scrollwork on each side, flat rear pean decorated with further calligraphy en suite, on its steel haft with alternating faceted and writhen sections, the former with silver koftgari scrolls (rubbed)
70.5cm; 27 3/4in
A similar axe is illustrated L. Southwick 1982, p. 260, no. 821.
Sold for £1,200
A PERSIAN AXE (SARE-H TABAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with etched crescentic head chiselled with a calligraphic cartouche highlighted in silver and decorated with gold scrollwork on each side, flat rear pean decorated with further calligraphy en suite, on its steel haft with alternating faceted and writhen sections, the former with silver koftgari scrolls (rubbed)
70.5cm; 27 3/4in
A similar axe is illustrated L. Southwick 1982, p. 260, no. 821.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 27th Jun, 2012
