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Treatise on Painting - handscroll by unidentified artist (MET, 18.125)

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Title
Mace
Description
Iranian; Mace; Shafted Weapons. The ox-headed mace is associated with the heroes of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), the poet Firdausi’s epic of pre-Islamic Iran completed in A.D. 1010. The mace reproduces the hero Bahram Gur’s weapon made in memory of the cow that nursed him. An emblem of power and good, it was inherited by other heroes in the epic, notably Feridun and Rustam. This example is representative of the Qajar revival of ancient Iranian imagery. It bears the false signature of a legendary smith, Haji 'Abbas, and the equally spurious date A.H. 951 (A.D. 1544–45).
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium Steel, gold
Dimensions L. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 15 oz. (879 g); head: 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (12 x 14.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Arms and Armor
Accession number
36.25.1882
Credit line Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30858

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