Antique Japanese & World Weapons AUG. 29th
Lot 282:
Rare 18th C. Islamic Persian SHAMSHIR Sword with LADDER PATTERN Wootz Damascus Blade. An elegant and very quick saber, in its brass and silver alloy mounts having steel cross-guard and horn grips with brass and white metal inlays. Wearing a very fine quality Wootz damascus blade showing distinctive Ladder-pattern also known as Ladder to Allah and having frequent vertical steps in its watered pattern, interrupting the rest of the patterns structured along the blade length. In its ornate tooled leather over wood scabbard with brass mounts en suite to thew hilt. Rare example, blades of such intricate pattern were very difficult to create and were exclusively made by skilled blacksmiths of the Islamic world for special orders and important figures of status and rank. Total length (inside scabbard if present) : 39", Blade length : 33 1/2".
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