the openwork handle with silver overlay, containing round noise-making metal bells, two steel spikes, one curved and the other straight, densely decorated with gold-overlaid foliate designs.

Note: A similar silvered iron ankus with an ivory handle is in Powis Castle, inv. no.POW/CLIVE/1/16; another similar ankus was sold in these rooms, 25 October 2017, lot 175. 

Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, London, 25 Apr 2018, 10:30 AM