AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADURAI, with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced tip and a series of converging fullers divided by a chiselled central foliate moulding, iron hilt formed of a strongly recurved outer-guard with recurved Yali finial, reinforced at the borders and in the centre with foliate panels and with a scalloped moulding at the base, side-bars (shortened) and a pair of grip-bars each with a central globose moulding, 41.5 cm overall Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D10. Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)