6th Dec, 2023 11:00

Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 34
 

34

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (KHANJARLI), 16TH/17TH CENTURY

with recurved blade formed with a pair of slender fullers and reinforced at the point, finely chiselled iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of langets with beadwork borders, curved oval guard with a beadwork border within a writhen frame, drawn-out on each side to a small bud-shaped quillon, knuckle-guard chiselled with foliage and rising to a small chiselled recurved Yali head finial, small pommel en suite with the quillons, and associated shaped green-jade grip-scales, 37.0 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D95.

Sold for £800


 

with recurved blade formed with a pair of slender fullers and reinforced at the point, finely chiselled iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of langets with beadwork borders, curved oval guard with a beadwork border within a writhen frame, drawn-out on each side to a small bud-shaped quillon, knuckle-guard chiselled with foliage and rising to a small chiselled recurved Yali head finial, small pommel en suite with the quillons, and associated shaped green-jade grip-scales, 37.0 cm overall

Roy Elvis catalogue number D95.