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NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The slightly curved double-edged armour-piercing blade with a raised medial ridge, the forte with a cusped palmette, the associated celadon jade hilt of baluster form issuing leafy protrusions above and below with diamond-inset terminals, the hilt carved with a band of floral sprays bordered above and below by cusped foliage carved in relief, the velvet and metal-thread covered sheath with a silver openwork chappe with rounded finial
15¾in. (40cm.) long
NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The slightly curved double-edged armour-piercing blade with a raised medial ridge, the forte with a cusped palmette, the associated celadon jade hilt of baluster form issuing leafy protrusions above and below with diamond-inset terminals, the hilt carved with a band of floral sprays bordered above and below by cusped foliage carved in relief, the velvet and metal-thread covered sheath with a silver openwork chappe with rounded finial
15¾in. (40cm.) long
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse