NORTH INDIA, 1650-1700

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A CAMEL-HEADED JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KARD)
NORTH INDIA, 1650-1700
Set with ruby eyes, steel blade
11 5/8 ins. (29.5 cm.) long; 1 ¾ ins. (4.6 cm.) wide

Exhibited

Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.111, no.83
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.139, no.87
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.163, no.91

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Lot Essay

Zoomorphically carved dagger hilts are well documented in 17th century Mughal Indian paintings. Several examples can be seen in the Windsor Padshahnameh, for example, dating from the first half of the 17th century (See Beach, Koch and Thackston, 1997, pp.36-37, pls.8-9, p.109, pl.45, pp.40-41, pls.10-11, p.47, pl.14, p.47, pl.19, pp.64-65, pls.23-24).

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