A niello silver-mounted steel sword (shasqua) Caucasus, 19th Century the single-edged steel blade of curved form, with two fullers and engraved vegetal decoration, the silver hilt decorated in niello with floral and vegetal motifs, the wood scabbard clad entirely in leather with silver mounts decorated en suite 86.5 cm. long Footnotes: Inscriptions: 'The work of Sayf (?)', 'Its owner al-Hajj ...'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com