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Lot 5019Y

A scarce silver-mounted Ma'dani jambiya
southeast Iraq, 19th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$760.50 inc. premium

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A scarce silver-mounted Ma'dani jambiya
southeast Iraq, 19th century

The slender, curved 9 inch blade of hollow diamond section. One-piece rhino horn grip carved with central raised band and large pommel. Silver ferrule set with five red cabochons. Silver scabbard chased with florals and set with bands of plaited silver wire and set with three bands of small turquoise cabochons and one faceted red stone.
Condition: Blade with mottled grey patina showing areas of light pitting. Grip showing areas of wear. Scabbard fine.
See Illustration

Footnotes

Provenance: Richard R. Wagner, Jr. Collection. Illustrated on page 25 of Arms of the Paladins, The Richard R. Wagner, Jr. Collection of Fine Eastern Weapons by Oliver S. Pinchot.

The Ma'dan, or Marsh Arabs, inhabit the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands of south eastern Iraq although many were displaced after much of the marshland was drained in the 1990s.

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