Axe
ca. 1735 (made)
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Chiseled steel head with cartouches of birds and flowers with floral borders, with engraved and damascened floral ornament and signed with the maker's name.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Crucible forged steel, chiseled and decorated with gold damascene |
| Brief description | Chiselled steel saddle-axe, the head chiselled and overlaid with gold, with designs of birds and flowers within cartouches, and the heads of a man and woman. The maker's name 'Lotf 'Ali Gholam' is overlaid in gold on the underside of the axe-head. |
| Physical description | Chiseled steel head with cartouches of birds and flowers with floral borders, with engraved and damascened floral ornament and signed with the maker's name. |
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| Accession number | 111-1896 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2002 |
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