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Country:
Persia
Lighter Ignition Mode:
Fire Steel
Particularities:
Handle turned back at top extremely well executed. On one side a hunting scene with horse riders, wild boars and dogs. On the other side animals fighting, surronded by running foliage and flowers. A similar piece in the Benaki Museum in Athens.
Year:
17th century
Size:
180x55mm
Material/Workshop:
Steel
Book Cacciandra/Cesati:
Plate 34