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Lot 29*
A Persian TabarzinQajar, 19th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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Qajar, 19th Century
Qajar, 19th Century
With robust head of finely watered wootz steel with convex cutting-edge and bordered on each side with gold-damascened arabesques and pseudo-calligraphy, the upper and lower surfaces gold-damascened with interlaced foliage, the socket chiselled with a tiger attacking an antelope on one side and a bullock on the other, and gilt waisted block-shaped peen chiselled with a falcon attacking a heron, on wooden haft with tubular pewter mounts embossed and punched with a trellised design of flower-heads overall (terminal missing)
15.5 cm. head
15.5 cm. head
Footnotes
For a tabarzin with a similar head and sold in these Rooms see Eastern Arms & Armour From the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, 29 April 2015, lot 49








