19TH CENTURY
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A Silver-Mounted Persian Kard
19th Century
With recurved single-edged blade with reinforced spine, etched with arabesques on each side of the forte, and damascended on each face with gold calligraphy and foliage, ivory hilt (cracked) of oval section set with imitation gem-stones and carved in relief with animals in combat between panels of callography, the top and bottom bound with silver set with turquoises, in leather-covered scabbard
20in. (50.8cm.)
19th Century
With recurved single-edged blade with reinforced spine, etched with arabesques on each side of the forte, and damascended on each face with gold calligraphy and foliage, ivory hilt (cracked) of oval section set with imitation gem-stones and carved in relief with animals in combat between panels of callography, the top and bottom bound with silver set with turquoises, in leather-covered scabbard
20in. (50.8cm.)