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LOT 1462
Persian Dagger in White Metal and Copper Scabbard
19TH CENTURY A.D.
15 3/8 in. (393 grams, 39 cm).
Two-edged jambiya with narrow curved blade, brass bolster with silver facing and applied undulating band; hardwood grip, silver facing to pommel; silver-cased brass sheath with raised foliage ornament, pierced D-shaped suspension lug. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired during the 1960s.
From an old North London oriental and ethnographical collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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