Pair of tailor's scissors, Iran, late 19th - early 20th century
Made of steel with slightly curved blades, the handle with large circular rings, partly curved, the branches finished with an engraved zoomorphic head. The center near the pivot engraved with a medallion giving the signature of the artist on one side, a name of owner "Ustadh Sulayman" on the other.
Length : 18,3 cm
Traces of rust.
Publication:
D'ALLEMAGNE Henry-René, Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse, Tome II, Paris: 1911, plate between pp. 96 and 97.
A Pair of Tailoring Scissors, Iran, 19th century
Collection of an amateur (lots 93 to 119).
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