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A Qajar enamelled gilt-copper steel dagger (jambiyya) Persia, 19th Century image 1
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A Qajar enamelled gilt-copper steel dagger (jambiyya) Persia, 19th Century image 3
Property from a private collection of Islamic and Indian Art
Lot 147R

A Qajar enamelled gilt-copper steel dagger (jambiyya)
Persia, 19th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £32,000 inc. premium

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A Qajar enamelled gilt-copper steel dagger (jambiyya)
Persia, 19th Century

the double-edged watered-steel blade of slightly curved form, the waisted gilt-copper hilt decorated in polychrome enamel with floral decoration, the pommel set with a glass bead, the wood scabbard clad in gilt-copper and decorated en suite
44.5 cm. long

Footnotes

Provenance
Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including a Private Collection Donated to Benefit the University of Oxford, Part IV, 10 October 2013, lot 101.
Private UK collection.

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