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An Ottoman jade-hilted Dagger Turkey, dated AH [1]147/AD 1734 image 1
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Lot 176Y

An Ottoman jade-hilted Dagger
Turkey, dated AH [1]147/AD 1734

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Ottoman jade-hilted Dagger
Turkey, dated AH [1]147/AD 1734

with simple curved steel blade overlaid with inscribed gilt decorated panels at either end and open sections along the blade, the faceted waisted hilt of spinach green jade with carved floral detail to upper and lower edge either side, the top with further carved detail and inset coral
32.8 cm. long.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: on one side, dimashq al-sham sana (1)147, "Damascus, Syria, the year AH [1]147/ AD 1734-35"; the remaining inscriptions are mainly undeciphered, except for the word al-sayf, "the sword" and on the other side, undeciphered Arabic inscriptions, also containing the word al-sayf.

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