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Property from a Distinguished Private UK Collection
Lot 110

Two gold and niello silver-mounted steel daggers (jambiyyas)
Arabian Peninsula, 20th Century
(2)

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,536 inc. premium

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Two gold and niello silver-mounted steel daggers (jambiyyas)
Arabian Peninsula, 20th Century

each of typical form with double-edged blade with medial ridge along each side and waisted faceted silver-mounted hilt engraved and decorated in niello with foliate motifs, the wood scabbards decorated en-suite, one with inscriptions, with suspension loops
the largest 25.2 cm. long(2)

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Provenance
Distinguished private UK collection, London.

Inscriptions: 'Mahmud bin Badr al-Sayigh (sic) [al-sa'igh] (the goldsmith) 1251 (1835-6)'.

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