Kukhuri, India, 19th centuryKukhuri
(kukri) consisting... Lot 96
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Kukhuri, India, 19th centuryKukhuri
(kukri) consisting of a forged steel blade, curved with flat back and a kandjar handle in silver damascus steel with scroll decoration. The blade is decorated with acid on a face of two elephants caparisoned in oval reserves surrounded by floral motifs while on the other face appear surrounded by foliage certain deities of the Hindu pantheon like Hanuman.
Length: 59 cmThe
marriage of a kandjar handle with a kukhuri blade is quite common when this type of weapon of Nepalese origin is made in India
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