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A TURKISH YATAGHAN with recurved single-edged blade, one side with bladesmith's stamp 'Abduh' and in silver script the maker's name 'al Hajji Ibrahim' and the owner's name 'Usman Agha', the hilt (repaired) mounted in silver and copper filigree set with corals and with fluted eared walrus-ivory grips; another, with brass-mounted hilt and dark horn grips, in leather-covered scabbard; two silver-mounted Burmese dhas, each blade with elaborate silver inlay, in their original wooden scabbards bound with white-metal; two Nepalese koras, one with silver-damascened hilt; and a Chinese sword, 18th and 19th Century

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A TURKISH YATAGHAN with recurved single-edged blade, one side with bladesmith's stamp 'Abduh' and in silver script the maker's name 'al Hajji Ibrahim' and the owner's name 'Usman Agha', the hilt (repaired) mounted in silver and copper filigree set with corals and with fluted eared walrus-ivory grips; another, with brass-mounted hilt and dark horn grips, in leather-covered scabbard; two silver-mounted Burmese dhas, each blade with elaborate silver inlay, in their original wooden scabbards bound with white-metal; two Nepalese koras, one with silver-damascened hilt; and a Chinese sword, 18th and 19th Century
19½in. to 27½in. blades (7)

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