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Lot 74

An Indo-Persian All-Steel Shamshir
19th Century

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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An Indo-Persian All-Steel Shamshir
19th Century

With curved single-edged blade incised with Persian verses over its entire length on both sides, and steel hilt retaining faint traces of silver-damascened decoration and comprising tapering langets each with shaped terminal, quillons with button terminals, and grip of octagonal section tapering up to a curved rounded pommel (some wear and light pitting)
82.2 cm. blade

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