Dagger
ca. 1650 (made)
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Punch-dagger with pointed blade and two horizontal lozenge-shaped bars joining the arm-shafts. Steel with the image of a saddled horse at top of blade, facing towards tip.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Steel, with details overlaid in gold |
| Brief description | Punch dagger katar with pointed blade, possibly from Rajasthan, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | Punch-dagger with pointed blade and two horizontal lozenge-shaped bars joining the arm-shafts. Steel with the image of a saddled horse at top of blade, facing towards tip. |
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| Gallery label | 27. DAGGER
Watered steel, chiselled and with traces of gold overlay
Mughal
c. 1650
356-1875
This punch dagger, or katar, has a horse chiselled on one side of the blade and a tiger on the other.(27/9/2013) |
| Object history | As originally arranged and displayed in Exhibition Road Indian Museum galleries until 1955, with some additions while in storage, case F.715 |
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| 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. 68 |
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| Accession number | 356-1875 |
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| Record created | December 24, 1999 |
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