Estimate
€ 1.200 - 1.600
Sold
€ 1.750
The price includes buyer's premium
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Caucaso
length 63 cm.
Wide and long double-edged blade with deep asymmetrical groove, small areas with rust damage. The right side gold-inlaid with cartouches featuring inscriptions in Arabic with a Persian distich: 'za hush-i aflatun damash tiztar za abru-yi dildar khunriztar' ("Its tip is sharper than Platoís wit, More bloodthirsty than the belovedís eyebrow.í'), stylized swan's heads and floral motifs. Typically-shaped handle with cow-horn cheeks featuring iron rivets and embossed silver rosettes with geometric motifs. Beautiful wooden scabbard covered with leather on the front side and decorated in relief with garlands and floral motifs. The back with red-velvet covering (partially lined) and decorated with crossed, fabric bands and with several silver rivets. Wide iron band with gold decorations.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.
length 63 cm.
Wide and long double-edged blade with deep asymmetrical groove, small areas with rust damage. The right side gold-inlaid with cartouches featuring inscriptions in Arabic with a Persian distich: 'za hush-i aflatun damash tiztar za abru-yi dildar khunriztar' ("Its tip is sharper than Platoís wit, More bloodthirsty than the belovedís eyebrow.í'), stylized swan's heads and floral motifs. Typically-shaped handle with cow-horn cheeks featuring iron rivets and embossed silver rosettes with geometric motifs. Beautiful wooden scabbard covered with leather on the front side and decorated in relief with garlands and floral motifs. The back with red-velvet covering (partially lined) and decorated with crossed, fabric bands and with several silver rivets. Wide iron band with gold decorations.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.