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A Persian ShamshirQajar, 19th Century
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,750 inc. premium
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Qajar, 19th Century
Qajar, 19th Century
With curved single-edged blade of finely watered wootz steel, the forte on one side with two gold-inlaid cartouches (gold mostly missing) inscribed 'Work of Asadullah' in nas-ta'liq, steel quillon-block with pointed largets and tapering quillons each with button terminal, and the grip and pommel covered in silver-gilt embossed with vertical rows of running arabesques against a punched ground
84 cm. blade
84 cm. blade








