with tapering single-edged blade of finely watered crucible steel, waisted at the base and decorated with gold koftgari lotus flowers and border ornament, carved mottled jade hilt formed with a flat back-edge and beaked pommel, inlaid in gold with sprays of stylised foliage (perhaps later), and the pommel with an integral small leaf-shaped button, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large gilt copper alloy mounts comprising chape with bud-shaped finial and locket with a loop for suspension, each with shaped pierced border and engraved with elaborate punched designs of flowers and foliage, 30.7 cm overall
Sold for £700
with tapering single-edged blade of finely watered crucible steel, waisted at the base and decorated with gold koftgari lotus flowers and border ornament, carved mottled jade hilt formed with a flat back-edge and beaked pommel, inlaid in gold with sprays of stylised foliage (perhaps later), and the pommel with an integral small leaf-shaped button, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard with large gilt copper alloy mounts comprising chape with bud-shaped finial and locket with a loop for suspension, each with shaped pierced border and engraved with elaborate punched designs of flowers and foliage, 30.7 cm overall
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)