A GEM-SET DAGGER (PESHKABZ) AND SCABBARD INDIA, THE DAGGER, 17TH...
A GEM-SET DAGGER (PESHKABZ) AND SCABBARD
INDIA, THE DAGGER, 17TH CENTURY, THE SCABBARD MOUNTS, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The tapering, single-edged straight steel blade with broad flattened back, the iron hilt of conventional peshkabz form entirely encased in gold carved with a dense floral pattern and set with numerous rubies, emeralds and diamonds in floral patterns, with replacement gold suspension loop, hidden compartment in the pommel, the red velvet-covered wooden scabbard with gold-thread seam, gold mounts set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds in floral arrangements, with suspension loop
16 1/8in. (41cm.) long in scabbard
Provenance
By repute, Treasury of the Nizams of Hyderabad
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, pp.52-53, no.296
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A GEM-SET DAGGER (PESHKABZ) AND SCABBARD
INDIA, THE DAGGER, 17TH CENTURY, THE SCABBARD MOUNTS, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The tapering, single-edged straight steel blade with broad flattened back, the iron hilt of conventional peshkabz form entirely encased in gold carved with a dense floral pattern and set with numerous rubies, emeralds and diamonds in floral patterns, with replacement gold suspension loop, hidden compartment in the pommel, the red velvet-covered wooden scabbard with gold-thread seam, gold mounts set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds in floral arrangements, with suspension loop
16 1/8in. (41cm.) long in scabbard
Provenance
By repute, Treasury of the Nizams of Hyderabad
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, pp.52-53, no.296
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Time, Location
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