A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, with recurved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a fuller along the back-edge, brass hilt extending over the forte, short bud-shaped quillon, slender nodular knuckle-guard, and multi-stage grip rising to a stylised Yali head, 21.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D97. Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)
Sold for £380
A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, with recurved blade double-edged towards the point and formed with a fuller along the back-edge, brass hilt extending over the forte, short bud-shaped quillon, slender nodular knuckle-guard, and multi-stage grip rising to a stylised Yali head, 21.3 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D97. Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 7th Dec, 2022