A silver-gilt & turquoise-mounted sword and scabbard, Central Asia, first half 19th century

the curved watered-steel blade with flat back edge and the forte decorated with a stylised interlacing pattern, the hilt of typical shamshir form, cross-guard with stylised floral motifs and bud-form quillons, velvet-covered wood scabbard with gilt mounts and chape decorated with engraving and turquoise, two suspension loops with a velvet belt with rosette mounts and a central roundel with turquoise

93cm.