Ending 2nd Mar, 2025 17:00

Olympia Timed: Spring 2025

 
Lot 628
 

628

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

Auction: Olympia Timed: Spring 2025, ending 2nd Mar, 2025

 

 

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