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Lot 5020AY

A fine Mughal shamshir
late 17th or early 18th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$2,574 inc. premium

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A fine Mughal shamshir
late 17th or early 18th century

Curved 33 inch single edged blade of dark wootz steel. Crossguard of wootz steel with slender languets, faceted fig-shaped quillon tips and decorated with panels of gold koftgari florals and borders framing diamond-shaped panels 'in-the-white'; gilded spine; pommel cap with gold overlaid florals and inscripting; elephant ivory grips scales molded for the fingers, each side of two pieces.
Condition: Blade with considerable wear to watered pattern on one side, the other showing a strong pattern with some small patches of staining. Hilt retaining most gilt decoration, the gripscales with age cracks, one side missing the steel spacer between the two scales.
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Note: Illustrated on page 62 of Arms of the Paladins, The Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection of Fine Eastern Weapons by Oliver S. Pinchot.

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