A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with broad blade cut with a pair of broad diverging fullers on each side, decorated with gold koftgari scrollwork and a brief inscription on the outer face (previously fitted with a paste), steel hilt decorated with gold koftgari, fitted with a pair of horn grip-scales retained by two iron rivets decorated with gold koftgari, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with iron suspension band 56.5cm; 22 1/4in