RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, LATE 17TH OR FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A GOLD-DAMASCENED PUSH-DAGGER (KATAR)
RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, LATE 17TH OR FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
The hilt decorated with palaces, pavilions and shrines in garden settings, the bulbous cross-bars with landscapes, with probably original dark brown leather mounted sheath
13 ¾in. (35cm.) long

Provenance

Floyd Everhart, Dayton, Ohio 1972
Robert Everhart, Dayton, Ohio 2017
Herbert G. Ratner Jr. Greensbirg, Pennsylvania

Literature

Robert Elgood, Arms & Armour at the Royal Jaipur Court: The Royal Collection, Delhi, 2015, no.64, pp.88-9

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Lot Essay

Gold-damascened pictorial and figural push-daggers appear to have been produced mainly in Rajasthan. A figural katar, although with hunting scene is in the Jaipur Royal Collection, catalogued as probably Bundi, 19th century (Elgood, 2015, no.64, pp.88-9). Another related example sold in these Rooms 21 April 2016, lot 42

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