Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A MUGHAL GEM-SET ROCK CRYSTAL-HILTED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 27, 04:55 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A MUGHAL GEM-SET ROCK CRYSTAL-HILTED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
the double-edged steel blade with swollen tip, koftgari decoration near forte, the rock-crystal hilt set with gemstones in gold settings designed as flowering plants, with velvet-covered wood scabbard
42.5cm.
Ex-collection General Pierre Bordes (1870-1943), Governor-general of Algeria.
Ex-private collection, France, first half 20th century.
A comparable example was sold in these rooms, 18 April 2007, lot 145.