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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A PIERCED STEEL-HILTED KNIFE (KARD) FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIR GHULAM ‘ALI KHAN TALPUR (D. 1812)
HYDERABAD, SINDH, 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PIERCED STEEL-HILTED KNIFE (KARD) FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIR GHULAM ‘ALI KHAN TALPUR (D. 1812)
HYDERABAD, SINDH, 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The thick watered steel blade with reinforced tip and fluted spine, chiselled floral arabesque at the forte, the grips of pierced steel over a steel or iron core, with nasta‘liq in cusped cartouches, the various fields with inlaid gold borders, a rectangular cartouche on the guard containing nasta‘liq, a later steel pendant at the pommel with chiselled inscription
16 ¼in. (41.5cm.) long
HYDERABAD, SINDH, 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The thick watered steel blade with reinforced tip and fluted spine, chiselled floral arabesque at the forte, the grips of pierced steel over a steel or iron core, with nasta‘liq in cusped cartouches, the various fields with inlaid gold borders, a rectangular cartouche on the guard containing nasta‘liq, a later steel pendant at the pommel with chiselled inscription
16 ¼in. (41.5cm.) long
Provenance
Collection of Howard Ricketts by 2009
Engraved
On the grips, ‘O God’, Qur’an 61:13: ‘Help from God and an imminent victory’, ‘O Muhammad’ (right); ‘O God’, ‘there is no hero like ‘Ali, no sword like Dhu’l-Fiqar’, ‘O Muhammad’ (left)
In the rectangular cartouche, ‘Sarkar Mir Ghulam ‘Ali Khan Talpur’
In the pendant, ‘O ‘Ali, help!’
In the rectangular cartouche, ‘Sarkar Mir Ghulam ‘Ali Khan Talpur’
In the pendant, ‘O ‘Ali, help!’
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Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer