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AN OTTOMAN HANCER DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN HANCER 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 rare type, of robust dimensions with characteristic waisted walrus grip, the straight, continuously tapering double-edged blade wrought of actively-patterned wootz, chiseled with a trefoil motif at the forte and finely paneled, the raised central ridge developing into an armor-piercing tip. The scabbard wrought entirely of silver with finely filigreed locket and faceted bud finial. Early 18th century.Overall length 50.8 cm.
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