7th Dec, 2022 11:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 151
 

151

AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY

AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY, with slightly curved double-edged blade formed with a slender central rib on each face, carved green jade hilt with a band of conventional foliage at the top and bottom and a raised rib in the centre, (the pommel previously set with a hardstone now missing), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with copper chape retaining some gilt finish, and with scalloped bud-shaped finial, 26.5 cm blade

Sold for £1,300


 

AN INDIAN JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY, with slightly curved double-edged blade formed with a slender central rib on each face, carved green jade hilt with a band of conventional foliage at the top and bottom and a raised rib in the centre, (the pommel previously set with a hardstone now missing), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard with copper chape retaining some gilt finish, and with scalloped bud-shaped finial, 26.5 cm blade