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IRAN AND POSSIBLY INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A JADE-HILTED WATERED-STEEL SWORD (SHAMSHIR)
IRAN AND POSSIBLY INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged blade, the gold-damascened decoration with a recumbent lion and cusped medallion with Persian inscription in thuluth script reading bandah Shah 'Abbas Safawi ("the servant of Shah 'Abbas Safawi" beneath, the guard and knuckle-guard with quatrefoils and stylised floral motifs
29¾in. (75.5cm.) long
IRAN AND POSSIBLY INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged blade, the gold-damascened decoration with a recumbent lion and cusped medallion with Persian inscription in thuluth script reading bandah Shah 'Abbas Safawi ("the servant of Shah 'Abbas Safawi" beneath, the guard and knuckle-guard with quatrefoils and stylised floral motifs
29¾in. (75.5cm.) long