MUGHAL OR DECCANI, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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AN INDIAN STABBING DAGGER (KATAR)
MUGHAL OR DECCANI, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The tapering watered steel double-edged blade with central chevron shaped grooves, the hilt of typical form with paired grip very delicately inlaid in silver and two colours of gold with a design of a meandering tendril issuing a variety of well-observed floral sprays, modern velvet-covered sheath, areas or corrosion and loss of inlay
16¾in. (42.5cm.) long
MUGHAL OR DECCANI, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The tapering watered steel double-edged blade with central chevron shaped grooves, the hilt of typical form with paired grip very delicately inlaid in silver and two colours of gold with a design of a meandering tendril issuing a variety of well-observed floral sprays, modern velvet-covered sheath, areas or corrosion and loss of inlay
16¾in. (42.5cm.) long