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A fine and rare Safavid shamshir with gold inlaid mounts image 1
A fine and rare Safavid shamshir with gold inlaid mounts image 2
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A fine and rare Safavid shamshir with gold inlaid mounts
late 17th or early 18th century

Antique Arms & Armor and Modern Sporting Guns
8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$11,700 inc. premium

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A fine and rare Safavid shamshir with gold inlaid mounts
late 17th or early 18th century

Curved 33 inch un-fullered, single edged blade of fine watered steel. Russet steel guard inlaid with gold on either side with floral sprays and dotted borders framing a central panel, the gold inlay framing an inscription in steel; the six part inscription distributed on either side of the guard and the suspension mounts. Grip of karabela form, the gripscales of marine ivory, the spine inlaid in gold with scrollwork and dotted borders. Complete with original black leather-covered scabbard, the long steel chape inlaid with gold floral scrolls within a dotted border.
Condition: Blade showing wear to Damascus pattern and with scratches from sharpening. Guard with some minor losses to gold inlay, the upper languet on the front fractured. Gripscales with two cracks on the front and one on the back side. Scabbard leather with minor tears and partially open seam.
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Note: See pages 516-17 of Arms and Armor from Iran by Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, for a Persian shamshir with very similar gold inlaid decoration. The author notes that the inscription sequentially distributed on both sides of the guard and the suspension mounts, as on the present sword, is an unusual feature. The similarity of the decoration on the two swords seems to justify attribution to the same workshop.

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