Dagger with Sheath
Unknown
late 18th–early 19th century · Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass · Arms and Armor
Brilliant colors and lush floral patterns are typical of Qajar painted enamels. While here opaque pink, blue, and white predominate, the background color is a deep translucent green applied to a shimmering gold ground. The artist has signed his work on the back of the scabbard, Mahmud.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 18th–early 19th century
- Medium
- Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass
- Culture
- Iranian
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
