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Lot 38Ф,Y
An Indo-Persian Gold-Mounted Shamshir19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £9,375 inc. premium
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19th Century
19th Century
With curved indistinctly watered single-edged blade (some areas of pitting and staining), the forte on one side incised with two cartouches inscribed respectively 'Work of Asadullah' and 'Oh the Bestower of Needs' all in thuluth, hilt comprising gold quillon-block embossed and chased with foliage including a cartouche on each side containing flowering foliage, pointed langets and tapering quillons with button terminals, gold grip-strap and ivory grip-scales retained by a twisted gold wire binding at the base, and gold cone-shaped pommel-cap chased with flower-heads en suite, in original wooden scabbard (some damage, throat mount missing) covered in leather tooled with scrollwork over cords and seamed with gold thread along the inside, and with deep gold chape and suspension mounts embossed and chased en suite with the hilt
82 cm. blade
82 cm. blade








