A FINE WALRUS IVORY-HILTED GILT AND NIELLOED KNIFE (KINJAL)

A FINE WALRUS IVORY-HILTED GILT AND NIELLOED KNIFE (KINJAL)
SIGNED MAJID DHIMMI(?), OTTOMAN CAUCASUS, DATED AH 1292/1875-6 AD
Of typical form, the hilt and scabbard finely worked with dense floral arabesques, the mounts with delicate silver-gilt filigree medallions, the hilt with applied filigree bosses, the hilt and scabbard signed and dated, the name of the owner Muhammad Ibrahim Khan in gold overlaid on the blade
19 1/8in. (48.7cm.) long