An Indian Khyber Knife, 19th Century

With broad tapering single-edged blade rounded along the back and of flattened diamond section at the point, the forte on each side chiselled with foliage and gold-damascened flower-heads, beaked steel hilt chiselled with scrolling foliage inhabited by a seated diety on each side and retaining some gold-damascening, and hinged pommel-cap secured by a flat-headed screw, the hinge chiselled with an inscription, in original wooden scabbard covered in green velvet with gold-damascened steel mounts, the locket and chape pierced on each side with foliage inhabited by peacocks and parrots, and with suspension loop
69 cm. blade

Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 1999, lot 6 (part)