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AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR)
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), MID-19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade of watered steel, formed with a reinforced point, a recessed panel divided by a medial ridge issuant from an elephant head profile and with two diagonal panels on each face, chiselled iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars, a pair of faceted grip bars, the latter joined by an openwork panel of flowers and foliage, and later gold finish, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard
23.0 cm; 9 in blade
Sold for £900
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), MID-19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade of watered steel, formed with a reinforced point, a recessed panel divided by a medial ridge issuant from an elephant head profile and with two diagonal panels on each face, chiselled iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars, a pair of faceted grip bars, the latter joined by an openwork panel of flowers and foliage, and later gold finish, in a later fabric-covered wooden scabbard
23.0 cm; 9 in blade