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DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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TWO STEEL 'SCORPION' DAGGERS (BICHWAS)
DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The hilt a loop of metal, the blade modelled on a buffalo horn, one bichwa with fine watered steel and silver-damascened hilt with remains of gilt and original lining, the other with carved hilt with dragon-head quillons and pommel and a turban-shape thumbrest, one with leather sheath
Longest 12½in. (32cm.) (2)
DECCAN OR SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The hilt a loop of metal, the blade modelled on a buffalo horn, one bichwa with fine watered steel and silver-damascened hilt with remains of gilt and original lining, the other with carved hilt with dragon-head quillons and pommel and a turban-shape thumbrest, one with leather sheath
Longest 12½in. (32cm.) (2)
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