A GOLD OVERLAID PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
A GOLD OVERLAID PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
A GOLD OVERLAID PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
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A GOLD OVERLAID PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)

PROBABLY BUNDI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A GOLD OVERLAID PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
PROBABLY BUNDI, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The triangular watered-steel blade of typical form with armour-piercing tip and pronounced medial ridge, the hilt with gold overlaid hunting scenes featuring Rajput figures holding rifles, practising falconry and riding on elephants, the double grips with further hunting scenes, the upper and lower edges of the hilt with scrolling vine, the forte with a gold cusped palmette
17¼in. (43cm.) long

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

拍品專文

A closely related katar with similar detailed hunting scenes is in the Jaipur Royal Collection, catalogued as probably Bundi, 19th century (Robert Elgood, Arms & Armour at the Royal Jaipur Court: The Royal Collection, Delhi, 2015, no.64, pp.88-9).

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