6th Dec, 2023 11:00

Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 35
 

35

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 16TH CENTURY, VIJAYANAGARA, KARNATAKA

with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of converging fullers, iron hilt extending over the forte with a large pierced, shaped panel on each face, strongly recurved outer-guard with recurved Yali finial, reinforced at the borders and in the centre with finely pierced foliate panels, a pair of waisted side-bars, and a pair of grip-bars each with a central globose moulding (areas of pitting), 52.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D67.

A dagger of this form, previously in the collection of George Cameron Stone, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (acc. no.36.25.905). See Elgood 2004, pp. 146-147.

Sold for £700


 

with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a series of converging fullers, iron hilt extending over the forte with a large pierced, shaped panel on each face, strongly recurved outer-guard with recurved Yali finial, reinforced at the borders and in the centre with finely pierced foliate panels, a pair of waisted side-bars, and a pair of grip-bars each with a central globose moulding (areas of pitting), 52.5 cm overall

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D67.

A dagger of this form, previously in the collection of George Cameron Stone, is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (acc. no.36.25.905). See Elgood 2004, pp. 146-147.