A SILVER-HILTED KARD AND A CAUCASIAN DAGGER (KINJAL)
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
The kard with single-edged tapering blade and silver hilt with repoussé floral decoration, the sheath with silver repoussé chape and finial with nielloed decoration, with attachment loop at top, the dagger somewhat rusted, the sheath probably associated, the kinjal of typical form, the blade with silver damascened floral arabesque decoration near the chappe, the hilt and panels on the sheath decorated in polychrome enamels, blade possibly associated, losses to the enamel
Kard 13½ in. (34 cm.) long; kinjal 21 in. (54 cm.) long (2)
A SILVER-HILTED KARD AND A CAUCASIAN DAGGER (KINJAL)
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
The kard with single-edged tapering blade and silver hilt with repoussé floral decoration, the sheath with silver repoussé chape and finial with nielloed decoration, with attachment loop at top, the dagger somewhat rusted, the sheath probably associated, the kinjal of typical form, the blade with silver damascened floral arabesque decoration near the chappe, the hilt and panels on the sheath decorated in polychrome enamels, blade possibly associated, losses to the enamel
Kard 13½ in. (34 cm.) long; kinjal 21 in. (54 cm.) long (2)
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