Saddle Axe, ca. 1725–50, Iranian, Steel, wood, leather, gold, L. 21 in. (53.3 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 11 oz. (751 g), Shafted Weapons, As the name implies, small axes of this type, tabarzin in Persian, were carried beneath a horseman’s saddle, ready for use in handto-hand combat. The blade of this example is forged from crucible (“watered”) steel and is delicately chiseled with foliage and splitleaf arabesques that point to an eighteenth-century date
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Saddle Axe, ca, 1725–50, Iranian, Steel, wood, leather, gold, L, 21, 53.3 cm, Wt, 1 lb, 11 oz, 751 g, Shafted Weapons, name implies, small axes, type, tabarzin, Persian, carried beneath, horseman, saddle, ready, handto-hand combat, blade, example, forged, crucible, watered, steel, delicately chiseled, foliage, splitleaf arabesques, point, eighteenth-century date
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