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AN IMPORTANT OTTOMAN BATTLEAXE HEAD

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A large and elegant example, the blade of pronounced crescent form, deeply bearded with knob finial. The lobed socket incised, the rectangular peen developing from a graceful stalk. Second half of the 15th century. Pitted and acid-cleaned, edge notched. Bit length cm. A. Melikian- Chirvani presents a quite similar axe, donated to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, in 1886. See The Tabar of a Turkish Dervish, in R. Elgood,Islamic Arms &Armour, London, Scolar, 1979, p. 112-115.Overall length 24.5 cm. Condition IV

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