A MUGHAL TWO COLOUR JADE HILTED DAGGER, the spinach-green main grip curving with varved leaves at each end, the terminal flaring into three chrysanthemum buds worked in pale green jade, the handle with waisted and flaring scrolling foliate member at the juncture with the blade, the slightly recurved double-edged blade pitted and overcleaned, late 17th/early 18th century

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A MUGHAL TWO COLOUR JADE HILTED DAGGER, the spinach-green main grip curving with varved leaves at each end, the terminal flaring into three chrysanthemum buds worked in pale green jade, the handle with waisted and flaring scrolling foliate member at the juncture with the blade, the slightly recurved double-edged blade pitted and overcleaned, late 17th/early 18th century
hilt 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) long
overall 14½in. (36.3cm.) long

拍品專文

For a similar design on a dagger hilt in the Clive Collection, Powys, but executed in only one colour jade, see:
Skelton, R. et al: The Indian Heritage, Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, London 1982, no.414, p.129