A QAJAR ENAMELLED GILT COPPER MOUNTED DAGGER, the slightly curving double-edged steel blade damascened above with inscriptions on one side and floral panels on the other, the gilt copper waisted hilt and tapering curving sheath enamelled with polychrome floral sprays on a white ground, signed below the attachment loop 'the work of Mahmud', early 19th century (areas of damage to enamels) | Christie's

Lot 202

202

A QAJAR ENAMELLED GILT COPPER MOUNTED DAGGER, the slightly curving double-edged steel blade damascened above with inscriptions on one side and floral panels on the other, the gilt copper waisted hilt and tapering curving sheath enamelled with polychrome floral sprays on a white ground, signed below the attachment loop 'the work of Mahmud', early 19th century (areas of damage to enamels)

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A QAJAR ENAMELLED GILT COPPER MOUNTED DAGGER, the slightly curving double-edged steel blade damascened above with inscriptions on one side and floral panels on the other, the gilt copper waisted hilt and tapering curving sheath enamelled with polychrome floral sprays on a white ground, signed below the attachment loop 'the work of Mahmud', early 19th century (areas of damage to enamels)
16¾in. (42.7cm.) long

Lot Essay

A very similar dagger was sold in these Rooms 23 April 1991, lot 87. Another, almost identical, and certainly from the same workshop, is in the Benaki Museum, Athens. The latter is signed by Ahmad and dated 1234 (181-19AD)

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