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A QAJAR PERSIAN BATTLEAXE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
A QAJAR PERSIAN BATTLEAXE
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
With rare double crescent-form heads, well-chiseled with scrolling borders and cartouches containing hunting falcons. The base of the topspike wrought as a polylobate medallion, the blade of bifurcate DhulFaqar form, the haft of steel. Inlaid with silver throughout.First half of the 19th century.Silver worn.Overall length 74.6 cm. Condition III