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Lot 16

A Rare North Indian Dagger Hilt
Late 16th/Early 17th Century, Probably Rajasthan

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare North Indian Dagger Hilt
Late 16th/Early 17th Century, Probably Rajasthan

Of russet iron, made in one and comprising downswept quillons chiselled in the round with a ram's head and elephant's head terminal respectively, the latter with tapering recurved knuckle-guard with nilgai-head terminal, tapering grip of flattened ovoidal section between turned and fluted mouldings, and characteristic downbent pommel with makara-head terminals and surmounted by a pair of elephants raising their trunks above a pierced foliate finial
14.2 cm. high

Footnotes

For a very similar example, perhaps from the same workshop, see Robert Skelton et al., The Indian Heritage, Court Life & Arts under Mughal Rule, exhibition catalogue, Victoria & Albert Museum, 21 April - 28 August 1982, p. 132, no. 423 (illustrated)

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