A LONG KHYBER IVORY-HILTED KNIFE AND SCABBARD WITH DAMASCUS STEEL MOUNTS, PERSIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

A LONG KHYBER IVORY-HILTED KNIFE AND SCABBARD WITH DAMASCUS STEEL MOUNTS, PERSIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the long tapered watered-steel blade with flat back edge comprising gold-overlaid bands of foliate motif with short groove at the forte, the ivory-hilt in characteristic form and elaborate steel knuckleguard consisting of three thin sweeping sections culminating in a curved hook formation, the leather covered wooden scabbard with ensuite damascus steel mounts at chape and lock, the chape with band of chevron design and openwork finial, running between the mounts an abstract bird motif Quantity: 2 85.7cm.