RICHARD RICE ESTATE MILITARIA
Tuesday, 30 April - Monday, 13 May 2024

A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll;

Estimate $2,000 - $4,000

Realised: $1,700 plus premium

Lot Details

a narrow, steel, single edged blade enclosed in the hollow haft, 18thC. Provenance: Lev-Tov Gallery, Manhattan Art & Antique Centre, New York, 2008

A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++
A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++
A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++
A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++
A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++
A heavy Indo-Persian battle axe (tabar), the crescent shape blade with inlaid inscriptions, hammer-head poll; Image 1++