QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
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A Persian Jambiya
Qajar, 19th Century
With curved double-edged hollow-ground blade with medial ridge on each side, forte chiselled on each side with a gold-inlaid falconer on horseback surrounded by gold-encrusted animals including a leopard on one side and a sea-monster on the other, and waisted walrus-ivory hilt, in original tooled shagreen-covered scabbard with ivory button finial
12in. (31.8cm.)
Qajar, 19th Century
With curved double-edged hollow-ground blade with medial ridge on each side, forte chiselled on each side with a gold-inlaid falconer on horseback surrounded by gold-encrusted animals including a leopard on one side and a sea-monster on the other, and waisted walrus-ivory hilt, in original tooled shagreen-covered scabbard with ivory button finial
12in. (31.8cm.)