A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) WITH SCABBARD
NORTH INDIA, 1740-80
Set with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, set in silver and gold, watered-steel blade, scabbard covered with later block-printed cotton
15 ins. (38 cm.) long; scabbard 11 ins. (28 cm.) long
A GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) WITH SCABBARD
NORTH INDIA, 1740-80
Set with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, set in silver and gold, watered-steel blade, scabbard covered with later block-printed cotton
15 ins. (38 cm.) long; scabbard 11 ins. (28 cm.) long
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