A SWORD (KHANDA) WITH ORIGINAL SCABBARD INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
A SWORD (KHANDA) WITH ORIGINAL SCABBARD
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade of conventional khanda form, with false edge and extensively gold-overlaid blade supports, the watered steel basket hilt extensively overlaid and lined with red velvet and metal-thread, wooden scabbard entirely covered with green silk and metal-thread brocade with stylised flowers, with gilt brass chape
40 ½in. (103cm.) long
Provenance
The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982, no.432
A SWORD (KHANDA) WITH ORIGINAL SCABBARD
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade of conventional khanda form, with false edge and extensively gold-overlaid blade supports, the watered steel basket hilt extensively overlaid and lined with red velvet and metal-thread, wooden scabbard entirely covered with green silk and metal-thread brocade with stylised flowers, with gilt brass chape
40 ½in. (103cm.) long
Provenance
The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982, no.432
