A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THANJAVUR, with recurved double-edged blade formed with a pair of deep long fullers on each face, brass hilt formed of openwork langets, fluted knuckle-guard with dentil borders, a finely chiselled Yali head at the base, inner-guard interrupted by a notched moulding, and pommel formed as a Yali en suite, 36.2 cm overall¦¦Roy Elvis catalogue number D47.¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦
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