A Mughal gold koftgari steel axe (taberzin) North India, 18th/ 19th Century the watered steel head with chiseled interlaced palmettes to upper and lower edge, overlaid in gold kotgari with further gold bands of undulating vines to each face, the wood haft with steel mounts to upper and lower section chiseled and decorated in gold koftgari with an interlace of palmettes, the central section clad in red velvet 53.5 cm. long Fußnoten Provenance James Baillie Fraser 15th Laird of Reelig (1783-1856) and his brother William Fraser (1784-1835). Private Scottish collection by direct descent.
A Mughal gold koftgari steel axe (taberzin) North India, 18th/ 19th Century the watered steel head with chiseled interlaced palmettes to upper and lower edge, overlaid in gold kotgari with further gold bands of undulating vines to each face, the wood haft with steel mounts to upper and lower section chiseled and decorated in gold koftgari with an interlace of palmettes, the central section clad in red velvet 53.5 cm. long Fußnoten Provenance James Baillie Fraser 15th Laird of Reelig (1783-1856) and his brother William Fraser (1784-1835). Private Scottish collection by direct descent.
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