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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
AN EXCEPTIONAL SWORD (SHAMSHIR) WITH WATERED STEEL BLADE
THE BLADE SIGNED MIR 'ALI ISFAHANI (FL. CA. 1600), SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE HILT: PROBABLY PUNJAB OR KASHMIR, MID-19TH CENTURY
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AN EXCEPTIONAL SWORD (SHAMSHIR) WITH WATERED STEEL BLADE
THE BLADE SIGNED MIR 'ALI ISFAHANI (FL. CA. 1600), SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE HILT: PROBABLY PUNJAB OR KASHMIR, MID-19TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade of curved form with rounded spine, finely inlaid with buduh magic square, teardrop calligraphic cartouche, and octagonal cartouche containing the signature, the raised forte heavily overlaid with gold, substantial cutler’s resin to join the hilt visible, the steel hilt heavily overlaid with gold across the full surface of the hilt, with extensive floral and line decorations of inlaid cut and cabochon emeralds
36in. (91.5 cm.) long
THE BLADE SIGNED MIR 'ALI ISFAHANI (FL. CA. 1600), SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE HILT: PROBABLY PUNJAB OR KASHMIR, MID-19TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade of curved form with rounded spine, finely inlaid with buduh magic square, teardrop calligraphic cartouche, and octagonal cartouche containing the signature, the raised forte heavily overlaid with gold, substantial cutler’s resin to join the hilt visible, the steel hilt heavily overlaid with gold across the full surface of the hilt, with extensive floral and line decorations of inlaid cut and cabochon emeralds
36in. (91.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection Denmark before 1983
Engraved
In the teardrop cartouche, Qur’an 61:13, ‘Help from God and an imminent victory’
In octagonal cartouche, ‘work of Mir ‘Ali Isfahani’
In octagonal cartouche, ‘work of Mir ‘Ali Isfahani’
Further Details
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