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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The gently-curved watered steel blade with ridge and minor later reinforcement by the hilt, the pale green nephrite hourglass-shape hilt inlaid on one side at the centre of the grip with rumi arabesques in gold, the pommel inlaid with scrolling vine motifs in worked gold and set with two pale turquoises and a ruby
13 ½in. (34.3cm.) long
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The gently-curved watered steel blade with ridge and minor later reinforcement by the hilt, the pale green nephrite hourglass-shape hilt inlaid on one side at the centre of the grip with rumi arabesques in gold, the pommel inlaid with scrolling vine motifs in worked gold and set with two pale turquoises and a ruby
13 ½in. (34.3cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired from a Private American collection, 1970s
Brought to you by
Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer