AUCTIONS IMPERIAL NOVEMBER 2022 ARMS & ARMOR

A FINE OTTOMAN BICHAK DAGGER

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Start price: $300

Estimated price: $600 - $800

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Description

With elephant grips inlaid with corals and pearls, the bolsters gilded. The broad, single-edged, T-backed blade wrought of faintly visible Ottoman wootz. The scabbard wrought entirely of silver, elaborately embossed and engraved throughout in complex vegetal and floral motifs. Retains its fine woven sling. Overall length 54.5cm. Wear-through to scabbard spine. Condition III