A HORSE-HEADED GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) WITH SCABBARD
SIGNED SHIR AHMAD, HILT: NORTH INDIA, 1675-1725; BLADE: CIRCA 1750-1800
The hilt set in the first half of the 19th century with rubies and pearls, watered-steel blade with running ball bearings, known as the 'Tears of Allah', signed on the spine
16 5/8 ins. (42.8 cm.) long; 2 3/8 ins. (6.2 cm.) wide; scabbard 13 3/8 ins. (34.1 cm.) long
A HORSE-HEADED GEM SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) WITH SCABBARD
SIGNED SHIR AHMAD, HILT: NORTH INDIA, 1675-1725; BLADE: CIRCA 1750-1800
The hilt set in the first half of the 19th century with rubies and pearls, watered-steel blade with running ball bearings, known as the 'Tears of Allah', signed on the spine
16 5/8 ins. (42.8 cm.) long; 2 3/8 ins. (6.2 cm.) wide; scabbard 13 3/8 ins. (34.1 cm.) long
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