A FINE WATERED STEEL DAGGER (PESHKABZ) WITH JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ HILT...
A FINE WATERED STEEL DAGGER (PESHKABZ) WITH JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ HILT AND GOLD-MOUNTED SCABBARD
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The tapering, single-edged straight watered steel blade with broad flattened back, the pale grey-green jade hilt carved with a vegetal pattern and set with rubies and emeralds in gold sockets arranged in floral patterns, the wooden scabbard covered with red velvet and fitted with carved gold mounts on which bezel-set rubies and emeralds are fixed, with thread and metal-thread cord ending in a tassel
16in. (40.6cm.) long in scabbard
Provenance
By repute, Private UK collection
Collection of Howard Ricketts, 2006
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A FINE WATERED STEEL DAGGER (PESHKABZ) WITH JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ HILT AND GOLD-MOUNTED SCABBARD
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The tapering, single-edged straight watered steel blade with broad flattened back, the pale grey-green jade hilt carved with a vegetal pattern and set with rubies and emeralds in gold sockets arranged in floral patterns, the wooden scabbard covered with red velvet and fitted with carved gold mounts on which bezel-set rubies and emeralds are fixed, with thread and metal-thread cord ending in a tassel
16in. (40.6cm.) long in scabbard
Provenance
By repute, Private UK collection
Collection of Howard Ricketts, 2006
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
