AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

AN ISLAMIC OTTOMAN KARD DAGGER WITH AN AGATE HILT & GOLD INLAY, 18 C.

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Start price: $2,500

Estimated price: $4,000 - $5,500

Buyer's premium:

A kard dagger, Ottoman Empire (Turkey) with faceted agate hilt embellished with turquoise, a gold-inlaid koftgari Kufic script, and foliage on the Damascus steel blade. The sheath is made of repousse silver decorated with foliage.

Turkey, 18th century.

Footnote: A similar example is available at the Royal Collection Trust. The last image is provided here as a reference only. Dated 1711.

Very good with no damage to silver repousse scabbard

Dimensions: L: 15 in., (38 cm.)

Condition: Good.