Details
A SOUTH INDIAN IVORY HILTED DAGGER (KHANJARLI)
VIZIANAGRAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
The strongly recurved tapering polished steel blade with reinforced tip and pronounced medial ridge, cast above with a band of Hindu deities within an arcade, a crouching dragon on each side, the disc above the blade with fine gold damascened floral motifs within a telugu inscription border, the ivory-faced hilt of typical form completely plain, the ivory panels held in place by ruby-inset gilt pins, the knuckleguard cast on the exterior with two columns of arcading containing Hindu deities and human figures, the interior with dense floral damascening and birds, the red cloth-covered wooden sheath with pierced and chased floral gold terminal, minimal damages and corrosion
Overall 15in. (38.4cm.) long
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