A MUGHAL IVORY-HILTED STEEL HORSE HEAD DAGGER (KHANJAR), NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1800

Reference: ART4001462

The curved double-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with two fullers, the walrus ivory hilt carved to the forte on either side with two flowerheads, the quillons of foliate form, the pommel in the form of a nilgai head, with associated velvet-clad wood scabbard.
Length: 41 cm.