AUCTIONS IMPERIAL JUNE 2022 ARMS & ARMOR

A FINE INDIAN KARD DAGGER

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $400

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Description

A massive example with polished horn grip, the bolsters elaborately inlaid with gold, the blade wrought of fine wootz. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard. Early 20th c. Overall length 38.5cm. Likely produced for the Delhi Durbar of 1936 at the accession of King George VI which was ultimately canceled. Condition II