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A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,400.00 USD
A MUGHAL KARD DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
The grip a single section of pale jade with the pommel carved as a fully-modeled lion?s head, the ruby eyes set in high-karat gold. The bolsters finely inlaid in gold floral motifs, the straight, single-edged blade forged of actively-patterned black wootz. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard.Mid-18th century. Light wear. Overall length 24.3 cm
Condition II