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Lot 49
A Turkish Yataghan19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With slightly recurved watered single-edged blade with narrow fuller along the back for most of its length on each side, the back of the blade at the forte with gold-damascened inscription giving the names of the Seven Sleepers of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf in the Qur'an) in naskh, the forte on both sides with a raised panel gold-damascened with foliage and a trophy of arms, pinched-in gilt-copper basal mount chased with flowering foliage, and steel hilt with 'eared' pommel gold-damascened en suite with the forte, in contemporary wooden scabbard covered in black leather with wire seam along the inside, and gold-damascened russet steel locket with suspension loop (chape missing)
69.5 cm. blade
69.5 cm. blade








