A Moghul style dagger with watered steel blade and celadon jade handle in the form of a ram's head, inset with gems and gilt with scattered flowerheads, the blade further decorated with two gilt damascened calligraphic panels -- 11¾in. (32.5cm) long overall, (few inset stones missing).

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A Moghul style dagger with watered steel blade and celadon jade handle in the form of a ram's head, inset with gems and gilt with scattered flowerheads, the blade further decorated with two gilt damascened calligraphic panels -- 11¾in. (32.5cm) long overall, (few inset stones missing).
See Colour Plate 8.

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