*PERSIA, QADJAR PERIOD (1797-1925), FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Jambiya dagger Marine ivory (walrus) handle carved on each side with a couple, with one or two Lovers at their feet, against a background of flowering trees, and framed by two rectangular cartouches in nasta'liq calligraphy, edged with pearls. The profiles are decorated with simulated crevices. Curved, tapering blade with two cutting edges and two protruding middle ridges. Blade length: 28.2 cm approx. - Total length: 39.7 cm. Without scabbard. As is. Wear to relief, chips and cracks to handle; scattered oxidation to blade. To be compared for its general decoration (lines of pearls, calligraphic cartouches, background of flowering trees) with the handle of the Persian dagger dated 1825-1850, in the Metropolitan Museum of New York [Inv. 96.5.138].