AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PALE JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ DAGGER (KHANJAR) MUGHAL INDIA,...
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PALE JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ DAGGER (KHANJAR)
MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
The double-edged recurved watered steel blade with central ridge and reinforced tip, the pale green nephrite ‘pistol-grip’ hilt finely carved with delicate flowers and leaves, the en-suite guard likely carved from the same piece of jade
14 5/8in. (37.3cm.) long
Provenance
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missilier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no. 155
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.52, no. 294
Literature
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PALE JADE ‘PISTOL-GRIP’ DAGGER (KHANJAR)
MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
The double-edged recurved watered steel blade with central ridge and reinforced tip, the pale green nephrite ‘pistol-grip’ hilt finely carved with delicate flowers and leaves, the en-suite guard likely carved from the same piece of jade
14 5/8in. (37.3cm.) long
Provenance
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missilier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no. 155
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.52, no. 294
Literature
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
