拍品專文
For a very similar dagger see David Alexander, Islamic Arms and Armour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015, no.89.
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ZAND OR QAJAR IRAN, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
細節
A WALRUS-IVORY HILTED DAGGER (KARD)
ZAND OR QAJAR IRAN, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the straight blade, forte and ricasso gold-damascened with a half lobed medallion with long calligraphic inscription, the tip reinforced
16in. (40.7cm.) long
ZAND OR QAJAR IRAN, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the straight blade, forte and ricasso gold-damascened with a half lobed medallion with long calligraphic inscription, the tip reinforced
16in. (40.7cm.) long
刻印
On the blade: Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255-56 and Qur'an CXII, sura al-Ikhlas, and part of Qur'an, CXIII, sura al-falaq
注意事項
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拍場告示
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榮譽呈獻
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