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AN INDIAN DAGGER
AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with broad serrated double-edged blade cut with a pair of long fullers on each side, swelling at the forte and decorated with gold koftgari foliage and a calligraphic cartouche on each side, iron hilt including a pair of down-curved bud-shaped quillons, double-beaked pommel, and decorated over its surface with leafy ornament en suite with the forte, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard
55.3cm; 21 3/4in
Sold for £700
AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with broad serrated double-edged blade cut with a pair of long fullers on each side, swelling at the forte and decorated with gold koftgari foliage and a calligraphic cartouche on each side, iron hilt including a pair of down-curved bud-shaped quillons, double-beaked pommel, and decorated over its surface with leafy ornament en suite with the forte, in its fabric-covered wooden scabbard
55.3cm; 21 3/4in