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SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A BONE-HILTED DAGGER (KARD)
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With a single-edged watered-steel blade narrowing to a point, with typical bifurcated hilt with bone panels attached to either side, the spine with nasta'liq inscriptions reserved against gold cusped cartouches, the chape with slightly raised cusped palmettes with gold overlaid calligraphic decoration with nasta'liq inscriptions reserved on gold ground and floral sprays, minor losses to the gold overlay
15½in. (39.4cm.) long
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With a single-edged watered-steel blade narrowing to a point, with typical bifurcated hilt with bone panels attached to either side, the spine with nasta'liq inscriptions reserved against gold cusped cartouches, the chape with slightly raised cusped palmettes with gold overlaid calligraphic decoration with nasta'liq inscriptions reserved on gold ground and floral sprays, minor losses to the gold overlay
15½in. (39.4cm.) long
Présenté par
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse