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PROBABLY BENARES, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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AN ENAMELLED WATERED-STEEL DAGGER
PROBABLY BENARES, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
With straight single-edged blade, the polychrome enamelled decoration to the hilt with four interspersed rectangular panels of stylised palmettes and superposed rose blooms, a register of pink floral petals above and below, the pommel with suspension ring, with dark purple velvet sheath decorated with silver thread
10in. (25.5cm.) long
PROBABLY BENARES, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
With straight single-edged blade, the polychrome enamelled decoration to the hilt with four interspersed rectangular panels of stylised palmettes and superposed rose blooms, a register of pink floral petals above and below, the pommel with suspension ring, with dark purple velvet sheath decorated with silver thread
10in. (25.5cm.) long
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