Lot 46
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A GEM-SET SPINACH-GREEN JADE-HILTED DAGGER
A GEM-SET SPINACH-GREEN JADE-HILTED DAGGER
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A GEM-SET SPINACH-GREEN JADE-HILTED DAGGER

INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A GEM-SET SPINACH-GREEN JADE-HILTED DAGGER
INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The waisted hilt of Ottoman design with gem-set floral designs to the pommel and guard, the double-edged blade of watered steel, the forte with overlaid gold decoration within cusped medallion comprising floral motifs on one side and an Arabic inscription on the other, red velvet-covered wooden sheath
12 ¾in. (32.5cm.) long
Engraved
Inscription: ya muhammad billah
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Lot Essay

The form of the hilt is based on earlier Ottoman and Iranian prototypes and not commonly seen on Indian daggers. The style of gem-setting suggests that it was done in India. For an 18th century hilt from Rajasthan, of comparable form and similar floral decoration to the top of the pommel, now in the Nasser D. Khalili collection, see Pedro Moura Carvalho, Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. XVIII, London, 2010, no.112, pp.212-213.

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