A WATERED-STEEL SWORD (SHAMSHIR)
A WATERED-STEEL SWORD (SHAMSHIR)

THE BLADE SIGNED SADIQ ISFAHANI, 18TH CENTURY, IRAN, THE MOUNTS INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A WATERED-STEEL SWORD (SHAMSHIR)
THE BLADE SIGNED SADIQ ISFAHANI, 18TH CENTURY, IRAN, THE MOUNTS INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical shape, the single-edged curved blade with a gold-inlaid inscription reading Nasr min Allah wa fath qarib and signature of Sadiq Isfahani, the hilt with engraved stylized quatrefoils, the pommel with rounded finial, with red velvet sheath with silver-openwork mounts, the decoration with floriated scrolling vine
36½in. (92.5cm.) long

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