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MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A GOLD-DAMASCENED WATERED-STEEL DAGGER
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
With fine curved double-edged and double-fullered blade, with reinforced tip, the hilt in the form of a stylised bird, the foliated gold-damascened decoration organised around a central vertical tendril bearing leaves and framed by scrolling tendrils, the curved pommel with fish scale motifs, the blade lightly pitted
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
With fine curved double-edged and double-fullered blade, with reinforced tip, the hilt in the form of a stylised bird, the foliated gold-damascened decoration organised around a central vertical tendril bearing leaves and framed by scrolling tendrils, the curved pommel with fish scale motifs, the blade lightly pitted
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long