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AN OTTOMAN KILIC SABER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,200.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN KILIC SABER
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...
The grips of translucent horn terminating in a characteristic rolled pommel, the fine steel guard deeply chiseled with Qur'anic inscriptions and inlaid with gold. The long, straight, single-edged Persian blade forged of fine black wootzdamascus steel, chiseled with a Qur'anic text panel at the right forte. With three cartouches at the left forte, the first containing a bird, the second inscribed ASSAD ISFAHANI, the third depicting the Persian shirvekhorshid or Lion and Sun emblem. Wrought with a pair of narrow fullers along the spine and terminating in a radiused tip. Overall length 96.4 cm. Condition I