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Lot 160Y

A Persian Shamshir
Late 18th Century

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Persian Shamshir
Late 18th Century

With curved single-edged blade finely watered with Jacob's Ladder pattern, hilt comprising watered steel quillon-block with gold-damascened foliate borders and with pointed langets, quillons with button terminals, gold-damascened grip-strap indented for the fingers, rounded ivory grips-scales, and steel pommel-cap (one half missing); together with the watered steel suspension mounts from the scabbard damascened en suite with the hilt (3)
86.5 cm. blade

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