A LATE SAFAVID CARVED, PIERCED AND TRACE ENGRAVED STEEL SUGAR AXE

PERIOD
Mid 17th Century 
ORIGIN
Persia
DIMENSIONS
27 Cm x 9 Cm
DESCRIPTION:
A comprising an octagonal shaft pierced with reciprocal above the pierced hanging loop, the middle shaft with waved elements, to the upper shaft with two elaborate pieced blocks with a stylised wide-open dragon head Finley hand smoothly rasped with the heavy mounted vertebrae on the neck of the dragon attached to perpendicular octagonal hammer-head, slight oxidation.
PROVENANCE:
Switzerland private collections
CERTIFICATE:
Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register
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