A LARGE GOLD DAMASCENED PRESENTATION SWORD
A LARGE GOLD DAMASCENED PRESENTATION SWORD

INDIA OR IRAN, POSSIBLY DATED AH 1181/1767 AD

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A LARGE GOLD DAMASCENED PRESENTATION SWORD
INDIA OR IRAN, POSSIBLY DATED AH 1181/1767 AD
The broad curved blade with gold overlaid floral decoration and long calligraphic bands of Arabic verse in thuluth script, the hilt with similar decoration of birds and flowering vines, with further inscription on the guard and pommel, with two small gold medallions at the chappe possibly containing the signature and date, the steel corroded, minor losses to the inlay
45 in. (115 cm.) long
來源
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 April 2006, lot 149.

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