Lot 653
A COLLECTION OF FOUR EASTERN KNIVES AND SCABBARDS.
A steel bladed knife with a 25cm tapering pointed blade with sharpened edge and mother of pearl set handle, with a velvet and steel sheath, 38cm overall. A knife formed from a single piece of metal with copper and gilt decorated 29cm blade with scroll decoration to the back, in leather covered sheath with twin ring suspension. An early 20th century knife, possibly Afghanistan with a 26cm inscribed blade and waisted horn handle in leather covered sheath, 38cm overall. A 19th century knife with a 31cm tapering double edged blade with central spine and wound fibre and carved bone grip, 45cm overall. (4)
