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Lot 370:
Description
The steel hilt of characteristic basket-type wrought of steel with profiled and pierced decoration and spike pommel. The long, robust blade with short steel reinforces bearing Devanagari inscriptions, straight, double-edged and spatulate tipped, and forged of the actively-patterned black wootz damascus steel. 17th century. Overall length 87cm. Condition II
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