A QAJAR WALRUS IVORY-HILTED DAGGER (JAMBIYYA)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
With curved double-edged blade, the hilt deeply carved with a standing youth and two portraits in lobed medallions, flanked by cherubs, on foliate ground, the pommel with silver mounts inlaid with turquoise stones, the leather scabbard painted with polychrome flowers, with silver mounts
14in. (35.6cm.) long
A QAJAR WALRUS IVORY-HILTED DAGGER (JAMBIYYA)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
With curved double-edged blade, the hilt deeply carved with a standing youth and two portraits in lobed medallions, flanked by cherubs, on foliate ground, the pommel with silver mounts inlaid with turquoise stones, the leather scabbard painted with polychrome flowers, with silver mounts
14in. (35.6cm.) long
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