AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

AN INDIAN GOLD-INLAID KATAR DAGGER WITH SHEATH, 19TH C.

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Start price: $700

Estimated price: $900 - $1,100

Buyer's premium:

Flower katar (push) dagger, with double-branched handle, mounted in chiseled metal, decorated with branches of flowers in relief enhanced in gold koftgari, the tapered blade of Damascus steel with double edge central ridge and fillers, reinforced at its tip (known as Zirrah bouk). Scabbard covered in green velvet, with a copper snap button.

Dimensions: L: 16 1/8 in., (41 cm.)

Condition: Very good.