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Description: | Processional sword with a blunt end decorated with a wavy serpent running down the centre of the blade. Near the hilt there is the Persian badge consisting of a sun and a lion rising from scrolls of arabesque foliage. The hilt is made of steel and is inlaid with fine lines of arabesque in gold. The quillons terminate in two scrolls curved downwards. Black leather scabbard with gilt inlaid fittings.
Technique: inlay
Technique: incising
Material: gold
Material: steel
processional sword made in Persia, Asia, 1875-1900, (1910.15.31). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25023 | Go to resource |
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