IRAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A QAJAR SET OF ARMOUR AND AN UNUSUAL BUTCHER'S CLEAVER (SATUR)
IRAN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With etched decoration, the helmet with pseudo-calligraphy with silver and brass highlights, the companion shield with figural scenes including a large sun, confronted animals and pseudo-calligraphic cartouches, the cleaver with large lion and sun (shir-o khorshid)
Shield 22in. (55.5cm.) diam.; helmet 7¾in. (19.5cm.) diam.; cleaver 14¾in. (37.5cm.) (3)

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Lot Essay

This shield bears a blue painted crest on its red cloth lining composed of a blue coronet over the letter 'C', possibly related the Swedish crown. A similar cleaver is published and discussed in length in Persian Steel, The Tanavoli Collection (James Allan & Brian Gilmour, Oxford, 2000, Butcher's implements, pp.328-30).

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