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(9pc) MIDDLE EASTERN DAGGERS & OTHER
Estimate:
$400 - $600
Sold
$325
Live Auction
Spring Estates | March 21
Category
Description
Including a near pair of Persian Maghrebi jambiya daggers with mixed metal sheaths; two smaller Syrian jambiya daggers with metalwork sheaths (one an inlaid horn handle, the other with a black handle); a Persian or Indian curved dagger with gilt chased handle and acid-etched enamel decoration on the blade; an African dagger with a straight ridged blade and inlaid horn handle; two African Tetela daggers (one with weighted pommel, the other pommel hollow); and a small iron cutting instrument with V-shaped end
h. 15-3/4 in. (tallest)
Condition
one of the near pair of jambiya daggers with separated blade; horn handles with a few missing pieces of inlay