λ A scarce Safavid Persian dagger (kard)

λ A scarce Safavid Persian dagger (kard), blade 7 in. with 4 in. false back edge, engraved in relief with hunting scenes involving equestrian noblemen with hounds and a hawk - one using a dagger to fight off the attack of a wild animal; the hilt with a steel frame engraved with cartouches inhabited by a deer and a water fowl and by plumes of foliage, the back strap also inlaid in gold with two quatrefoil details, marine ivory grips, late 17th or early 18th Century.