with triangular blade of crucible steel, formed with a reinforced point, chiselled with a caparisoned elephant and rider highlighted in gold (small losses) on each face, iron hilt of characteristic form comprising side bars and grip-bars, the latter swelling in the centre, and decorated throughout with gold flowerheads enclosed by scrolls of foliage, in a wooden scabbard with later fabric covering and iron chape decorated with gold flowers enclosed by leafy tendrils (the gold with losses), 42.2 cm overall

Two katars with related blades are preserved in the Chi Mei Museum, Taiwan. See Hales 2013, nos. 157 and 158.