I have a couple of very similar ones. But yours have an interesting twist: there is a ring component of the bolster with mother-of-pearl inserts. They, IMHO, are quite similar to the Uzbek trademark decoration, the so-called “Bukhara cloisonné”. Instead of enamel within the pre-formed cells, they inserted pieces of turquoise. Yours have the same idea, but use MoP instead.
I checked mine: one does not have it at all, another does, but it looks like some paint. Thanks for showing your knives.
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