Bidspirit auction | A LATE 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN

A LATE 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN ENAMEL-HILTED STEEL KHANJAR with a serpentine blade bearing a gilt calligraphic cartouche and faint watered patterning, the pistol-grip hilt decorated in polychrome floral enamel on a pale blue ground with small lobed quillons and a bulbous terminal. (Length 40cm)