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A PERSIAN KARD DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
A PERSIAN 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
The grip wrought entirely of actively-grained Persian wootz steel with hooked pommel and remains of gold-inlaid borders, the bolster well-inlaid in gold. When unscrewed, the profiled finial releases the pommel cap, revealing a substantial hollow in the grip. The straight, single-edged blade wrought of fine, actively-grained Persian black and silver wootz steel. Latter 18th century.Overall length 25 cm.
Condition II