A Persian kard with cut and gold-inlaid decoration, end of the 18th century A heavy wootz-Damascus blade with a cut back and reinforced point. Chiselled floral designs and gold-inlaid Koranic surahs on both sides at the base of the blade. The reverse side bears the signature, "Bâqir's work." Wootz-Damascus ferrule and grip frame with alternating cut and gold-inlaid Koranic surahs. Intact crystalline walrus ivory grip scales. Length cm. An almost identical kard, signed "Bâqir" was published in the catalogue for the "Morgenländische Pracht", Exhibition of th,

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