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Lot 38
A Turkish Jambiya19th Century
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,880 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With curved waved double-edged blade with medial ridge along each side with slender tapering piercings, the forte pierced and gold-damascened with symmetrical designs of arabesques above a Qur'anic inscription on each side, and waisted dark horn hilt of oval section, in original wood-lined silver scabbard (some denting overall) with locket caste with acorns, bud-shaped terminal, and small loop for suspension
31.1 cm. blade
31.1 cm. blade
Footnotes
The Qur'anic inscriptions are from the Surah al-Fath (XLVIII), 1 and part of 2








