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29th September 2015, 12:59 AM

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Jim McDougall

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Hi
Here is mine.
I have also a Khyber pistol with the same birds...
Kubur

This is really a fascinating motif with the doves and rosette!
I wonder how widespread it is and if there may be some symbolic significance?

For some reason it seems Persian, perhaps because of similarly inlaid designs such as the 'simorgh' bird.

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