Long kard dagger, Iran qâjâr, 18th century Long, straight, tapered single-edged blade of damascus steel, the heel engraved with a half-lambrequin flowered in part inlaid with gold, the decoration continuing on the guard. The flat back decorated with a gold inlaid frieze of foliage and engraved with medallions and cartouches engraved with flowers continuing on the silk of the handle flanked by two bone plates. Length : 41,2 cm Wear, traces of rust and slight lifting of the steel plates and the gilded decoration on the guard. Publication: D'ALLEMAGNE Henry-René, Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse, Tome II, Paris: 1911, p. 92, plate between pp. 92 and 93, p. 95. A Long Qajar Dagger Kard, Iran, 18th century Collection of an amateur (lots 93 to 119).