Lot Essay
A similar chilanum is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (Robert Elgood, Hindu Arms and Ritual, Delft, 2004, p.180, cat.16.38).
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DECCAN AND POSSIBLY ORISSA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
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TWO STEEL DAGGERS
DECCAN AND POSSIBLY ORISSA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
The first a watered steel chilanum with fine gold-damascened floral decoration, the second an ivory-hilted khanjarli with velvet covered wooden scabbard
13¼in. (33.3cm.) and 10½in. (26.8cm.) (2)
DECCAN AND POSSIBLY ORISSA, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
The first a watered steel chilanum with fine gold-damascened floral decoration, the second an ivory-hilted khanjarli with velvet covered wooden scabbard
13¼in. (33.3cm.) and 10½in. (26.8cm.) (2)
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