High quality Qajar blades

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot

The serpent often represented on blades in this period, whether double- or single-headed, is a semiotic device which refers to Zahhak, a creature of evil which appears in Persian literature as early as the Zoroastrian Avestas (generally considered to have been compiled 200-600 b.c.e.) Zahhak, like most snakes, was known not only for its ill temper, but for its capacity to strike faster than the blink of an eye, characteristics immediately understood by any audience in this cultural group.

Thank you so much Oliver for all these very valuable information.
But do you agree that the examples presented above are not late Qajar or Persian revival cheap blades?
I will look again at the MET catalogue.

Kubur