A double spear dating: late 18th Century provenance: Siria, Spearhead (probably …

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A double spear

dating: late 18th Century provenance: Siria, Spearhead (probably made of damask), with double wavy blades and reinforced tips, gold and silver-inlaid decorations in koftgari as well as on the ferrule shaped as a truncatedcone.

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A double spear

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