AN INDIAN PUSH DAGGER (KATAR) India, 19th century With
AN INDIAN PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
India, 19th century
With a tapering double-edged watered steel blade with pronounced medial ridge, the ricasso with recessed areas, the handle and sides decorated with silver-inlaid Bidri floral bands and vegetal motifs, the scabbard made of brown leather tooled with scrolling rosette tendrils and embellished with a silver mount on the tip, 47.5cm long including the scabbard.
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AN INDIAN PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
India, 19th century
With a tapering double-edged watered steel blade with pronounced medial ridge, the ricasso with recessed areas, the handle and sides decorated with silver-inlaid Bidri floral bands and vegetal motifs, the scabbard made of brown leather tooled with scrolling rosette tendrils and embellished with a silver mount on the tip, 47.5cm long including the scabbard.