A MUGHAL JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) AND SCABBARD, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY |

the jade hilt with three buds at the pommel, carved throughout with leafy and foliate details, double-edged steel blade with central ridge, velvet-covered wood scabbard with metal terminal 

The carved jade wilt with minor encrustations within the interstices, natural inclusions to jade, the upper section may have possibly been re-attached, notably central bud which has residues of adhesive, the hilt with scuffs and minor patches of oxidisation, the blade and scabbard possibly later marriages, the scabbard worn with rubbing to velvet as consistent with age and use, as viewed.
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Comparable examples include jade hilts carved with buds or flourishing mulberries, a number of which were sold in these rooms: 9 April 2008, lot 249; 7 October 2009, lot 131; 19 October 2016, lot 254.