A Mughal jade-hilted gold-koftgari steel dagger (khanjar) North India, 18th...
Property from a deceased estate
A Mughal jade-hilted gold-koftgari steel dagger (khanjar)
North India, 18th Century
the double-edged steel blade of curved form, the forte decorated in foliate gold overlay, the jade hilt of pistol-grip form with curved foliate quillons, carved with floral and foliate motifs, traces of gold paint
39.5 cm. long
Provenance
Private UK collection, formed in the mid 20th Century, and thence by descent.
A comparable dagger is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession no. 36.25.679).
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Property from a deceased estate
A Mughal jade-hilted gold-koftgari steel dagger (khanjar)
North India, 18th Century
the double-edged steel blade of curved form, the forte decorated in foliate gold overlay, the jade hilt of pistol-grip form with curved foliate quillons, carved with floral and foliate motifs, traces of gold paint
39.5 cm. long
Provenance
Private UK collection, formed in the mid 20th Century, and thence by descent.
A comparable dagger is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession no. 36.25.679).
