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Lot 202
A Persian Shamshir18th/19th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £720 inc. premium
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18th/19th Century
18th/19th Century
With curved finely watered blade fullered along the back-edge for most of its length on each side, the forte on one side with circular cartouche retaining traces of gold inlay and chiselled with a brow, eyes and nose peering over the back of a lion, hilt (incomplete) with wooden grips retained by later twisted wire at the base
85 cm. blade
85 cm. blade








