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INDIA, DECCAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
**An ivory dagger grip in the form of a Makara
India, Deccan, late 17th century
With bared teeth and protruding tongue, the snout curled back, eyes inlaid, and the hair and mane carved in thick curls, the ends of the guard and its intersection with the grip decorated with an eight-petalled flower
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
India, Deccan, late 17th century
With bared teeth and protruding tongue, the snout curled back, eyes inlaid, and the hair and mane carved in thick curls, the ends of the guard and its intersection with the grip decorated with an eight-petalled flower
6½ in. (16.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink and Son Ltd., London, 1982
Literature
A. Poster, Indian and Southeast Asian Ivories: Selections from Local Collections, 1982, cat. no. 33.
Exhibited
Brooklyn Museum, Indian and Southeast Asian Ivories: Selections from Local Collections, 1982.
Special notice
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