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Lot 87
A Caucasian KindjalLate 19th Century
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £720 inc. premium
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Late 19th Century
Late 19th Century
With broad tapering double-edged blade of slightly hollowed flattened diamond section, the forte with central flat on one side inlaid with circular copper-lined maker's mark of Musa, the waisted hilt entirely covered with nielloed silver chased with arabesque designs against punched grounds within beaded borders, the grip partly bound with twisted silver wire, and with two nielloed studs on the outside, in original wood-lined leather-covered scabbard with nielloed silver locket and deep chape en suite with the hilt, the latter with spherical terminal
37 cm. blade
37 cm. blade








