A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)

POSSIBLY LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1775-1790

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A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR)
POSSIBLY LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1775-1790
Set with serpentine and rubies, rain-guard decorated in gold-damascened arabesques, watered-steel blade
15 3/8 ins. (39.2 cm.) long
Exhibited
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.126, no.97
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.155, no.101
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, pp.176-77, no.103
de Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco 2018, p. 93, no. 35

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