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Saw11th-12th century

Not on view
Bronze implement with serrated blade and curved hook handle terminating in a bird-head form, heavily patinated in mottled green and turquoise
Cast bronze implement with a long flat blade featuring serrated edges and mottled green patina, terminating in a curved zoomorphic handle shaped as an animal head with a circular loop.
Title
Saw
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
11th-12th century
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.134
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.

  • Canby, Sheila R., Deniz Beyazit, Martina Rugiadi, and A.C.S. Peacock. Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.