Omani Khanjar (Jambiya) for Comment.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Salaam Ibrahem,

Ok lets agree to disagree.
I have a great respect for your knowledge and passion for the arms of your country such as sayf, kattara and khanjar...
Nevertheless it's not because you don't know this type of khanjar that this khanjar is not from Oman!
Don't worry, a lot of members on this forum are like you...
It's maybe a khanjar produced in Oman but with the help of other craftmen.
India is a good track....but look at Persia/Iran, Ottoman too.
And its definitively 19th c.

Kind regards

Im not sure what Im agreeing to disagree to but I will anyway ...I can see part Omani in this very highly decorated Khanjar which I suspect is Indian ...I didn't list the other possibilities but as you say...any class workshop could be responsible... The Met didnt qualify it except to indicate 19th C ... Where made? I suggested La Dak as a possible. It is certainly top end of the jeweller workshop and way out of line for an Omani type...It must have been stripped right back and rebuilt. I have seen Russian work and can't rule that out. It remends me of the Faberge Egg !

Here I place some fine work ...by no means the jewelled form of the hybrid at the Met but showing what happens when a top Russian workshops gets hold of a project.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

[grendolino]

It is nice to see the khanjar from NY collection. I've seen two similar to it, though not so lavish, and i was interested where they are from.
The one on green was sold on auction site. The seller who i had asked directly could not give any details. But watch the fleur de lys...
The second is from Benaki Museum Athens and the picture was picked up on this forum. The museum is the serious one and deals with items from Greek Revolution so I think Russian (modern) trail we can abandon (not mention that Faberge worked in enamel and western style gems).
What do you think about them?