82

A PERSIAN PESH QABZ DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 900.00 USD
A PERSIAN PESH QABZ DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
A fine, large example with grips of characteristic form, carved of two sections of elephant. The blade with T-back and raised, chamfered edge, with a Timurid split-palmette chiseled at the spine between raised borders. Forged of fine silver wootzdamascus steel. Early 18th century.Minor losses to grips.Overall length 40.2 cm. Condition II