Lot Essay
A similar dagger, catalogued as early 18th century, was formerly in the Robert Hales collection (Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour. A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, no.98, p.45).
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NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A JADE HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
With a curved double-edged watered-steel blade tapering to point, the forte with fine gold-inlaid rosettes on a ground of scrolling vine, engraved inscription and inventory number, the celadon jade hilt with curved foliate terminals, the pommel with a rounded knop, the grip bordered above and below by a raised band, the surface of the hilt with floral sprays set in cusped palmettes carved in relief, the curved knuckle-guard with a flower-bud terminal and carved leaf design, in a velvet-lined fitted case
14in. (35.5cm.) long
NORTH OR CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
With a curved double-edged watered-steel blade tapering to point, the forte with fine gold-inlaid rosettes on a ground of scrolling vine, engraved inscription and inventory number, the celadon jade hilt with curved foliate terminals, the pommel with a rounded knop, the grip bordered above and below by a raised band, the surface of the hilt with floral sprays set in cusped palmettes carved in relief, the curved knuckle-guard with a flower-bud terminal and carved leaf design, in a velvet-lined fitted case
14in. (35.5cm.) long
Literature
Islamic Arms and Armour from Private Danish Collections, Copenhagen, 1982, nr.108, pp.148-49
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