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A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
The silver hilt with gilded bands, the pommel wrought as a fanciful and fully-modeled lionhead with ruby eyes and well-detailed mane; the grip deeply embossed and engraved with birds amongst flowering vines. The straight, single-edged blade with false edge, forged of fine black Persian wootz. Mid-19th century.Overall length 26.5 cm. Condition I