‡ A FINE INDIAN GEM-SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR),... Lot 13

‡ A FINE INDIAN GEM-SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR), LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY with slightly curved double-edged blade with a brief Devanagri inscription on one face at the forte, blue-grey jade hilt carved in low relief with large lotus flowers and foliage, all enriched with rubies, diamonds and emeralds in raised gold settings 25.5 cm; 10 in blade Provenance Christie's, 29th October 1980, lot 37