A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER WITH SCABBARD
A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER WITH SCABBARD
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A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER WITH SCABBARD

NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, 1700-1750; THE INLAY PROBABLY LATER, SCABBARD INDIA OR IRAN, CIRCA 1650

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A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER WITH SCABBARD
NORTH INDIA OR DECCAN, 1700-1750; THE INLAY PROBABLY LATER, SCABBARD INDIA OR IRAN, CIRCA 1650
Set with rubies and emeralds, watered-steel blade
13 5/8 in. (34.8 cm.) long; scabbard 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) long
Exhibited
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.122, no,93
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.146, no.94
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.170, no.98
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