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18TH CENTURY
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A FINE OTTOMAN SILVER-ENCRUSTED HORSEMAN'S AXE (TABARZIN)
18TH CENTURY
With robust iron head inlaid with panels of silver arabesques sewn with silver pellets and incorporating a very brief inscription along the top edge, fabric-covered wooden haft fitted with long silver collar and tubular grip, each with matching chased designs of trophies, flowers and scrolls, and the grip with small ring for a tassel or thong (the head retaining cap replaced)
24½in (62.2cm)
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With robust iron head inlaid with panels of silver arabesques sewn with silver pellets and incorporating a very brief inscription along the top edge, fabric-covered wooden haft fitted with long silver collar and tubular grip, each with matching chased designs of trophies, flowers and scrolls, and the grip with small ring for a tassel or thong (the head retaining cap replaced)
24½in (62.2cm)
Provenance
Rex Ingram, the Muslim Hollywood film star of the 1920s.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium