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A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
A PERSIAN QAJAR DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SABER
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 large example, with antler grips and faceted steel pommel cap and guard forged of black wootz. The robust, lightly curved and single-edged blade forged of actively-patterned Persian black wootzdamascus steel, and chiseled at the right forte with a circular cartouche inscribed, WORK OF NASR MAKRI ['] 1208 (1793 c.e.) Dated 1793.Areas of light pitting.Overall length 91 cm. Condition I