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INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE STEEL DAGGER (KATAR)
India, 18th century
The curved blade of watered steel with damascened design of idiosyncratically drawn wild animals and huntsmen and with swollen tip, each side with groove running along the centre, one side retaining five freely moving ball bearings, the double grip and armguards adorned with damascened vegetal ornament and some wild animals, the steel scabbard similarly decorated, slight loss of gold overlay and slight corrosion in parts
24¼in. (61.5cm.) long in scabbard
India, 18th century
The curved blade of watered steel with damascened design of idiosyncratically drawn wild animals and huntsmen and with swollen tip, each side with groove running along the centre, one side retaining five freely moving ball bearings, the double grip and armguards adorned with damascened vegetal ornament and some wild animals, the steel scabbard similarly decorated, slight loss of gold overlay and slight corrosion in parts
24¼in. (61.5cm.) long in scabbard
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