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AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR)
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a medial ridge dividing two pairs of broad watered panels on each face at the forte, iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars and a pair of slender faceted grip bars, decorated throughout with gold foliage (losses), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard
19.8 cm; 7 ¾ in blade
Sold for £280
AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 19TH CENTURY
with tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a medial ridge dividing two pairs of broad watered panels on each face at the forte, iron hilt formed of a pair of side bars and a pair of slender faceted grip bars, decorated throughout with gold foliage (losses), in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard
19.8 cm; 7 ¾ in blade