19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN OTTOMAN GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL YATAGAN SHORT SWORD
Possibly Ottoman Turkey, 19th century or earlier
AN OTTOMAN GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL YATAGAN SHORT SWORD
Possibly Ottoman Turkey, 19th century or earlier
With a broad straight single-edged steel blade with upward-curved tip, inlaid in gold with cusped cartouches and circular roundels infilled with invocations and prayers in both Arabic naskh and angular Kufic scripts, a cusped cartouche reading the typical Shi'a invocation "There is no sword but Zulfiqar, and there is no hero but 'Ali", one side of the forte with Arabic numerals '901' in a halved arabesque cartouche, possibly a reference to a date or an abjad calculation, fitted with a horn and wood hilt.
62.5cm long
Sold for £590
AN OTTOMAN GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL YATAGAN SHORT SWORD
Possibly Ottoman Turkey, 19th century or earlier
With a broad straight single-edged steel blade with upward-curved tip, inlaid in gold with cusped cartouches and circular roundels infilled with invocations and prayers in both Arabic naskh and angular Kufic scripts, a cusped cartouche reading the typical Shi'a invocation "There is no sword but Zulfiqar, and there is no hero but 'Ali", one side of the forte with Arabic numerals '901' in a halved arabesque cartouche, possibly a reference to a date or an abjad calculation, fitted with a horn and wood hilt.
62.5cm long
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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