AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A PERSIAN KHANJAR DAGGER, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: $700

Estimated price: $1,200 - $1,700

Buyer's premium:

Large khanjar dagger with a beautiful steel blade with reinforced "zirrah bouk" tip, with scalloped contours, engraved on the hilt of a feline attacking a gazelle, handle and scabbard in tinned steel, finely chiseled with fleuron arabesques and scrolls of animated flowers birds and character portraits. (Remains of gold inlay).Iran, 19th century.

Dimensions: L: 20 5/8 in., (52.5 cm.)

Condition: Very good.