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BOTH 19TH CENTURY
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A Large Persian Knife, And A Large Persian All-Steel Jambiya
Both 19th Century
The first with single-edged pipe-back blade reinforced at the point and chiselled on each side at the forte with partly gilt foliage, hollow iron hilt with hinged plate over the beaked pommel and chiselled in low relief with parcel-gilt foliage involving a princely figure on each side, and original green velvet-covered wooden scabbard with deep locket and chape each pierced and partly gold-damascened with foliage inhabited by peacocks and parrots; the second with slightly curved double-edged blade with medial ridge on each side, the forte chiselled in low relief on each side with foliage and a tiger attacking a bull, the waisted hilt and scabbard with foliage inhabited by birds within gold-damascened borders, and enriched with encrusted silver foliage
33in. (83.8cm.) and 20in. (52.7cm.) (2)
Both 19th Century
The first with single-edged pipe-back blade reinforced at the point and chiselled on each side at the forte with partly gilt foliage, hollow iron hilt with hinged plate over the beaked pommel and chiselled in low relief with parcel-gilt foliage involving a princely figure on each side, and original green velvet-covered wooden scabbard with deep locket and chape each pierced and partly gold-damascened with foliage inhabited by peacocks and parrots; the second with slightly curved double-edged blade with medial ridge on each side, the forte chiselled in low relief on each side with foliage and a tiger attacking a bull, the waisted hilt and scabbard with foliage inhabited by birds within gold-damascened borders, and enriched with encrusted silver foliage
33in. (83.8cm.) and 20in. (52.7cm.) (2)