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A KURDISH KARD DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
A KURDISH KARD 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 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