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Lot 31*

A Very Rare Indian Khanjar With Chalcedony (Bloodstone) Grip
Late 17th Century

24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare Indian Khanjar With Chalcedony (Bloodstone) Grip
Late 17th Century

With finely watered tapering slightly recurved double-edged blade cut with two shallow converging fullers either side of a medial ridge on both sides, silver-mounted hilt comprising downcurved bird's head quillons with red pigment-filled eyes, shaped pointed langet over the forte on each side, slightly curved ovoidal guard with roped border and bud-shaped terminal over each quillon, beaked grip of oval section flat along each side, basal mount pierced with running foliage filled with red pigment, beaked faceted pommel-cap with cusped lower border below a line of small drilled dots on each side, and surmounted by a spiral bud-shaped finial on a pierced quatrefoil (one leaf missing), in its wooden scabbard covered in purple velvet (very worn and damage)
23.5 cm. blade

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