16 avril 2015
A Mughal jade-hilted dagger (khanjar) with watered-steel blade, North India, 18th century
A Mughal jade-hilted dagger (khanjar) with watered-steel blade, North India, 18th century. Estimate 4,121 - 6,869 EUR. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.
the jade hilt of pistol-grip form carved with leafy flowers, pommel with rosette studded on either side with coloured stone in gold setting, the watered-steel blade double-edged, swollen at the tip with central ridge - 39cm.
Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World, Londres, 22 avr. 2015, 10:30 AM
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