AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2026 MAY ARMS & ARMOR
Lot 215:
Description
The hilt with dark horn grips and steel guard wrought of fine black wootz, with engraved silver tangband. The fine, long, broad blade curved, with pronounced yelman and complex fullering to each side, forged of fine Persian black wootz and inscribed with a lengthy Quranic cartouche to the right forte with traces of gold inlay, and a pair of cartouches at the left forte, the upper reading, O JUDGE OF NEEDS, the lower chiseled with the famous lion-symbol of Assad Allah. In its leather-covered wooden scabbard with large, finely engraved silver mounts en suite with the hilt. First half of the 19th century. Leather refreshed, minor chip to blade. Overall length 91cm./ 35 53/64 inches. Condition III
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