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live November 20 | 11:00 AM
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494 - Shamshir" saber with curved blade,

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€1,800 - 2,000

Sale fees

34%

Shamshir" saber with curved blade, the pistol hilt in carved mahogany decorated with gadroons partially inlaid with gold forming stylized palmettes and scrolls, with two straight quillons in gold-painted steel, finished with two half-spheres at the ends; the curved single-edged steel blade, engraved with two cartouches at the top; the black leather scabbard, with four gold-painted steel fittings and two suspension rings. Good condition, minor gold loss. Iran or Ottoman Empire, circa 1800. L. 82 cm (blade). L. 100 cm (total). Related work An identical Shamshir, with its scabbard, preserved at the National Historical Museum of Chile, Santiago (inv. 3-746).

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Historical Memories
Friday, November 20
11:00 AM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 580,000 lots published

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