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PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR AXE AND MACE
PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The axe with crescent blade and flat hammer back damascened in gold with a scrolling arabesque interlace panel above two engraved inscription cartouches on each side, the rounded shaft becoming faceted near the polygonal lower terminal damascened in silver and gold with bands of simple motifs; the mace with head in the form of a bull's head damascened in silver with scrolling arabesques around the eyes flanking an inscription cartouche in the (supposed) name of Shah Sultan 'Abbas, the haft plain
Axe 25in. (65.1cm.) long
PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The axe with crescent blade and flat hammer back damascened in gold with a scrolling arabesque interlace panel above two engraved inscription cartouches on each side, the rounded shaft becoming faceted near the polygonal lower terminal damascened in silver and gold with bands of simple motifs; the mace with head in the form of a bull's head damascened in silver with scrolling arabesques around the eyes flanking an inscription cartouche in the (supposed) name of Shah Sultan 'Abbas, the haft plain
Axe 25in. (65.1cm.) long