ANOTHER, with six-wave pattern-welded blade, the gandja and forte with greneng retaining traces of original encrusted gold foliage, the latter with gold-encrusted antelope and pierced and chiselled dragon's head (tongue missing) with long tail forming the dada on each side, retaining traces of encrusted gold decoration overall, later ivory hilt carved in the round as a figure of raksha, and silver mandaq set with garnets (scabbard missing)

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ANOTHER, with six-wave pattern-welded blade, the gandja and forte with greneng retaining traces of original encrusted gold foliage, the latter with gold-encrusted antelope and pierced and chiselled dragon's head (tongue missing) with long tail forming the dada on each side, retaining traces of encrusted gold decoration overall, later ivory hilt carved in the round as a figure of raksha, and silver mandaq set with garnets (scabbard missing)
19in.

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