Lot Essay
A similar jambiya is published in Anthony C. Tirri, Islamic Weapons, Maghrib to Moghul, Washington, 2003, fig.91B, p.135.
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OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
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A HARDSTONE-HILTED GOLD-DAMASCENED DAGGER (JAMBIYA)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
With double-edged curved blade with central fuller, the hilt with bulbous pommel, the gold-damascened decoration with floral arabesques on the blade, guard and hilt
11½in (29.5cm) long
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
With double-edged curved blade with central fuller, the hilt with bulbous pommel, the gold-damascened decoration with floral arabesques on the blade, guard and hilt
11½in (29.5cm) long
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