IRAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A SAFAVID CUT BUTCHER'S STEEL
IRAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The main panel of rectangular form with etched cusped cartouches of arabesques on either end, with knopped handle and hinged finial of delicate scrolling arabesques and dragon-head terminals
11in. (28cm.) long

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Lot Essay

This is an extremely elegant example of the form. The interlaced arabesques on the handle are, in particular, beautifully handled. A later example is in the Parviz Tanavoli Collection (James W. Allan, Persian Steel, Oxford, 2000, no.I,3, pp.328 and 330). The note to that entry gives details of two other examples. One is signed by Khura and is in the Benaki Museum; the other is signed by Rafi' al-Din Muhammad, formerly in the Harari Collection.

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