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A gem-set jade-hilted steel dagger (khanjar) India, 18th/ 19th Century image 1
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A gem-set jade-hilted steel dagger (khanjar) India, 18th/ 19th Century image 4
Property from the Mohammed Khalil Collection
Lot 138*

A gem-set jade-hilted steel dagger (khanjar)
India, 18th/ 19th Century

12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A gem-set jade-hilted steel dagger (khanjar)
India, 18th/ 19th Century

the double-edged steel blade of slightly curved form with chiselled inscription in Devanagri to forte to one side, the jade hilt of pistol-grip form with curved foliate quillons, carved and set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds in gold kundan with floral sprays and foliate motifs
37.2 cm. long

Footnotes

Provenance
Christie's, Antique Arms and Armour, 29 October 1980, lot 38.
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.

Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 669, cat. no. 484.

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