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Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt

Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt. Culture: hilt, scabbard, and belt, Indian; blade, northern India. Dimensions: L. 36 1/4 in. (92.2 cm); L. of blade 30 3/4 in. (78.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1011 g); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 6 oz. (630 g). Date: hilt, scabbard, and belt, early 19th century; blade, A.H. 1162/A.D. 1748-49. The hilt of this saber is mounted in enameled silver in a style associated with the north Indian city of Lucknow, in the Mughal province of Oudh. The blade of crucible ("watered") steel is exceptionally rare, as it includes the name of the maker, Baqir Mashhadi, an Iranian swordsmith active in India, his patron, Safdar Jang Bahadur, an Iranian who ruled as nawab (governor) of Oudh from 1739 to 1754, and the date of its manufacture.
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Titre: Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt
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 Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt. Culture: hilt, scabbard, and belt, Indian; blade, northern India. Dimensions: L. 36 1/4 in. (92.2 cm); L. of blade 30 3/4 in. (78.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1011 g); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 6 oz. (630 g). Date: hilt, scabbard, and belt, early 19th century; blade, A.H. 1162/A.D. 1748-49. The hilt of this saber is mounted in enameled silver in a style associated with the north Indian city of Lucknow, in the Mughal province of Oudh. The blade of crucible ("watered") steel is exceptionally rare, as it includes the name of the maker, Baqir Mashhadi, an Iranian swordsmith active in India, his patron, Safdar Jang Bahadur, an Iranian who ruled as nawab (governor) of Oudh from 1739 to 1754, and the date of its manufacture.
Technique/matériel: Steel, gold, ivory, wood, enamel, velvet, silver, textile
Musée: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit: Album
Autorisations: ? Autorisation de modèle: Non - ? Autorisation de propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image: 2763 × 4400 px | 34.8 MB
Taille d'impression: 23.4 × 37.3 cm | 1087.8 × 1732.3 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés: ACIER • ANATOMIE: OS • ASIA • CORPS OS • INDE • JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN; LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OS • OSSEMENT