L. 35 cm Condition A GILT-IRON, SILVER, WOOD AND RAY-SKIN KNIFE, TIBET or BHUTAN, ca. 16th/17th ct., the metal blade separated from the ray-skin hilt by a pierced wrought gilt-iron protection plaque and set in wood scabbard encompassed by a wrought gilt-iron cover decorated with animals and birds amongst scrolling tendrils-Property from an old German private collection, assembled in the 1970'ies till 1988-Wear, minor traces of age