567

AN INDIAN KATAR DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 700.00 USD
AN INDIAN KATAR 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...
Wrought entirely in steel, with balustered grips and rails with ogival terminals, inlaid with silver vinework .The blade forged of actively-patterned wootz steel with high central ridge and robust armor-piercing tip. In its steel scabbard finely pierced with birds amongst foliage and silver inlaid overall, retains its velvet- covered wooden core. Mid-19th century. Light wear. Overall length 37.2 cm.
Condition III