Punch Dagger
ca. 1700 (made)
| Place of origin |
The dagger has a watered blade and armour-piercing point. Each face of the blade is decorated with an identical carved flowering plant rising out of a vase.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Steel, silver and gold |
| Brief description | katar; Arms, metal, gold overlay, embossed, India |
| Physical description | The dagger has a watered blade and armour-piercing point. Each face of the blade is decorated with an identical carved flowering plant rising out of a vase. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.715 |
| Bibliographic reference | Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993.
p. 85, cat. no.69 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 355-1875 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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