Ⓦ AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of deep converging fullers on each face, iron hilt comprising a pair of side-bars decorated over their surface in koftgari with gold flowers on a silver ground, and a pair of swelling grip bars decorated en suite, in a fabric-covered wooden scabbard

23.0 cm; 9 in blade

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