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CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
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A SILVER-NIELLOED KNIFE (KINDJAL)
CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
The blade of typical form with deep central fuller, the scabbard and hilt with fine nielloed decoration with floral arabesques over chased background, the scabbard with rounded finial, a wood-hilted knife concealed in a smaller sheath on the reverse, with suspension loop and twisted wire ring
19¼in. (49cm.) long
CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
The blade of typical form with deep central fuller, the scabbard and hilt with fine nielloed decoration with floral arabesques over chased background, the scabbard with rounded finial, a wood-hilted knife concealed in a smaller sheath on the reverse, with suspension loop and twisted wire ring
19¼in. (49cm.) long