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A Mughal ivory-hilted ram's head dagger, India, 18th century
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- elephant ivory and steel
the ivory hilt carved in the form of a ram's head with long curved horns and leaf-form quillons, the curved watered steel blade with medial ridge and gold-overlaid inscriptions in foliate cartouches at the forte
Catalogue Note
inscriptions
A Persian couplet
This lot is accompanied by a C14 test result which confirms the date of manufacture.