A VERY FINE GOLD DAMASCENED DOUBLE-HEADED INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY The watered-steel double headed axe, inlaid with gold and chiseled with elaborate panels of floral scrolls and birds, gold damascened spearhead, and floral damascened handle drilled through suggesting this axe was once mounted as part of a panolply of arms 38¼ inches (97.1 cms.) overall 9½ inch (24.1 cm.) blade Probably once part of a suite of arms which Lot 145 belonged to as well.
A VERY FINE GOLD DAMASCENED DOUBLE-HEADED INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY The watered-steel double headed axe, inlaid with gold and chiseled with elaborate panels of floral scrolls and birds, gold damascened spearhead, and floral damascened handle drilled through suggesting this axe was once mounted as part of a panolply of arms 38¼ inches (97.1 cms.) overall 9½ inch (24.1 cm.) blade Probably once part of a suite of arms which Lot 145 belonged to as well.
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