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A KURDISH KARD DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
A KURDISH KARD DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
A very rarely encountered example of Kurdish work, the horn grip capped in profiled and engraved silver, the handforged blade of characteristic form. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts engraved overall in vinework motifs. Early 19th century. Light wear overall. Overall length 27.9 cm.
Condition II