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Lot 32*
A Caucasian Kindjal19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £625 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With sharply tapering double-edged blade etched with scrollwork (worn, some rust patination) within the fullers over most of its length on each side, the waisted hilt (pommel repaired on one side) and wood-lined scabbard entirely covered in nielloed silver embossed and chased on the outside with symmetrical scrolling foliage against finely punched grounds, the inner sides nielloed with scrolling panels of foliage, the suspension mount and spherical terminal en suite
35.5 cm. blade
35.5 cm. blade
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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.








