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Lot 41

An Indian Khyber Knife
19th Century

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,402.50 inc. premium

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An Indian Khyber Knife
19th Century

With broad tapering single-edged blade rounded along the back and of flattened diamond section at the point, the forte on each side chiselled with foliage and gold-damascened flower-heads, beaked steel hilt chiselled with scrolling foliage inhabited by a seated diety on each side and retaining some gold-damascening, and hinged pommel-cap secured by a flat-headed screw, the hinge chiselled with an inscription, in original wooden scabbard covered in green velvet with gold-damascened steel mounts, the locket and chape pierced on each side with foliage inhabited by peacocks and parrots, and with suspension loop
69 cm. blade

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Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 16 December 1999, lot 6 (part)

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