Dagger with Sheath, Iranian, late 18th–early 19th century. Steel, copper alloy, enamel, gold, glass. L. 17 1/16 in. (43.3 cm); Wt. 23.4 oz. (664.0 g); Dagger: L. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); L. of blade 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 15 oz. (413.0 g); Scabbard: L. 11 in. (28.1 cm); Wt. 9 oz. (251.0 g). Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935. Metropolitan Museum of Art,  36.25.684a, b © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brilliant colors and lush floral patterns are typical of Qajar painted enamels. While here opaque pink, blue, and white predominate, the background color is a deep translucent green applied to a shimmering gold ground. The artist has signed his work on the back of the scabbard, Mahmud.