AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

A PERSIAN SHAMSHIR AND SCABBARD, SIGNED AND DATED 1120

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Start price: $1,800

Estimated price: $2,300 - $2,800

Buyer's premium:

An early 18th-century Persian shamshir sword with a curved water-steel blade with a gold-inlay cartouche at the ricasso, dated 1120 (1708), steel scabbard mounts, and cross guard decorated with gold inlay, wooden scabbard covered in black leather.

Dimensions: L: 38 9/16 in., (98 cm.)

Condition: Very good, the pommel is missing.