of steel, with crescentic blade chiselled on both sides with a cartouche containing contemporary Persian figures seated amid foliage involving axes and a vase, a smaller cartouche beneath chiselled woth Arabic calligraphy, rounded socket and block-shaped peen chiselled with panels of calligraphy en suite, and retaining traces of gold-damascening, on faceted tubular haft in five stages retaining traces of silver-damascening, the top, central and bottom sections spirally twist and retaining some original gilding, and surmounted by a sprung clip formed as a chased and gilt bird with turquoise eyes (one missing, some old pitting overall), 19.4 cm head

Provenance

Bonhams Knightsbridge, Antique Arms & Armour, 25 November 2015, lot 11