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21st June 2020, 09:53 PM | #1 |
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Great Qama
Hello, I am new in the forum
I'm from Germany and I collect antique edged weapons from Europe and Asia and letter openers. In my first post I will show you my most beautiful Qama. It has cutted and gold-backed deers and flowers on the blade which is made of wild damascus with a fuller of ribbon damascus. The gold-koftgari shows a floral dekor. I think this combination of different decorations is really rare and shows the high quality of the dagger. The hilt is made of walrus, the scabbard is shagreen and both have iron mountings with a fine gold-koftgari. Length overall: 50cm Without scabbard: 47cm Length of the blade: 34,5cm I think this dagger was made in the early 19th century in northwest Persia. Are you agree with that? |
24th June 2020, 09:28 PM | #2 |
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I agree with your opinion.The kindjal is definitely Persian.
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24th June 2020, 10:08 PM | #3 |
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Stunning!
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25th June 2020, 05:17 PM | #4 |
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Definitely not Persian.
It's Georgian work c. 1850. There were a number of Tiflis masters who worked in this style. Very nice piece, congrats. |
25th June 2020, 07:38 PM | #5 |
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Has anyone pictures of similar pieces here in the forum. I searched in the Internet and in my books and I found only one. This Qama was sold in an auction and later by a dealer (I dont know if it is allowed to send a link). But the blade of this one was in a worse condition, mountings and scabbard were newer than the dagger.
I add some more pictures of my Qama. Greetings Robin |
25th June 2020, 07:39 PM | #6 |
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More pictures...
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25th June 2020, 08:28 PM | #7 |
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Absolutely stunning! Congratulations!
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26th June 2020, 11:02 AM | #8 |
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Agree with Oliver: Georgian, most likely Tiflis. May be even older: as per Rivkin, solid piece of walrus ivory and “ shoulders” on the handle were in fashion even in the first quarter of the 19 century.
Can you show the Damascus pattern on the flat surfaces of the blade and within the fullers? I would expect to see not “ ribbon Damascus” ( like on Turkish blades) there but the so-called “ Tiflis zigzag”, a very tight Damascus pattern with thin lines. It is frequently found on South Georgian kindjals from Guria. |
27th June 2020, 09:14 AM | #9 | |
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It's definitely a classy kindjal! |
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