A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted dagger (kard), Persia, 17th/ 18th Century

the single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with flattened spine, decorated in gold inlay to both sides near the forte with cartouches containing floral interlace, the handle with floral vines, the spine chiselled with palmette motifs, walrus ivory grips, the wood scabbard clad entirely in leather with bone finial
33.5.cm. long

Provenance
Private UK collection.

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