Pair of steel damascene roosters, Iran qâjâr, signed and dated 1880Two steel round-bosses with silver and gold damascene decoration, each featuring a rooster on its legs resting on a pedestal with calligraphic decoration. Each cockerel has on its crop a polylobed fleuron damascened with gold giving the signature of the artist (illegible) and the dates of 1298 H / 1880. 41.5 cm (Traces of rust, some elements of decoration erased)