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A PERSIAN 'ALIM STANDARD

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
A PERSIAN 'ALIM STANDARD
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
Probably Zand Dynasty, of very finely-pierced gilded brass, in the form of a trefoil surmounted by a crescent, and containing the evocation of God, YA ALLAH! The socket tapers continuously toward the head and is affixed by rivets at the toothed bolster. On its green-painted wooden haft with white bands.Second half of the 18th century. Light wear. Overall length 192.3 cm.
Condition II