art-of-swords:Jambiya DaggerDated: 18th centuryCulture: PersianMeasurements: overall length 42 cmThe
art-of-swords:Jambiya DaggerDated: 18th centuryCulture: PersianMeasurements: overall length 42 cmThe dagger has a wide, curved, double-edged blade made of dark damask. The blade is decorated with a flower and a raiser at the centre and with gilt and floral motifs at the base. The walrus-ivory grip is carved with hunters on horseback fighting against a lion at one side, a hunter on horseback at the other, below a lion hunting an antelope, and featuring animals under a tree at the bottom. All decorations are surrounded by geometrical and floral motifs. Source: Copyright © 2016 Czerny’s International Auction House S.R.L. -- source link