AUCTIONS IMPERIAL DECEMBER 2020

AN INDIAN KATAR DAGGER

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Start price: $350

Estimated price: $700 - $900

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Description

Rajput work, the hilt elaborately pierced with inlaid with gold. The fine blade well-wrought of wootz, bifullered and inlaid at the forte with Devanagari inscriptions in gold. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with finely embossed gilt mounts. First half of the 18th century. Inscriptions rubbed, velvet heavily worn. Overall length 42cm. Condition III