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A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
A PERSIAN SAFAVID DYNASTY SHAMSHIR SWORD
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
Of high quality, with staghorn grips and faceted steel pommel, the guard wrought of fine Persian black wootz, with gold-inlaid borders. The long, single-edged blade of lenticular cross-section and lightly curved, forged of the rare Kara Khorassan Persian wootzdamascus steel with original finish, and inscribed in a polylobate cartouche, the name and title of Shah Abbas of Iran, ABBAS SHAH BANDE-YE VILAYET (r. 1588-1629.) In its leather-covered wooden scabbard with Persian wootz suspension bands.17th century or later. Wear to leather. Overall length 101.3 cm.
Condition II