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A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJAR), 18TH CENTURY PROBABLY MALABAR, KARNATAKA
with recurved blade formed with a medial ridge over its entire surface, chiselled copper alloy hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets, oval guard with short bud-shaped quillons, grip and pommel formed as a winged Yali, later knuckle-guard and pommel finial, and decorated throughout with traditional scrolls, 35.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number D38
Sold for £280
with recurved blade formed with a medial ridge over its entire surface, chiselled copper alloy hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets, oval guard with short bud-shaped quillons, grip and pommel formed as a winged Yali, later knuckle-guard and pommel finial, and decorated throughout with traditional scrolls, 35.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number D38
