Mace

Titre: En Mace; Fr Masse d'armes; Fa Gorz
Type: Arms & Armour
Créateur/ Créatrice: Ḥājji ʿAbbas (signed on back of head; signature likely apocryphal — cf. Met 36.25.1882)
Identifiant: 697-1889
Format: Crucible forged (watered) steel, chiselled, etched, and decorated with gold kuftkārī
Dimension: Overall L. 89.5 cm, head Diam. 11 cm, head and spike L. 22 cm
Lieu de découverte: Iran
Résumé: En Watered steel mace (garz) in the form of a demon's head with antlers, chiselled, etched and overlaid with gold, signed on the back 'Haji Abas', Iran, 19th century
Date: 19th century (Qajar period)
Edition: Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Middle East Section; V&A East Storehouse)
Référence: V&A Collections
Citation bibliographique: North, Anthony, An Introduction to Islamic Arms, London, 1985, fig. 39b, p. 41; fig. 38, p. 40 (detail).
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