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An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier - image-1An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier - image-2An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier - image-3An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier - image-4

Lot 29 Dα

An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €

An Indian punch dagger (katar) with scabbard. 19th century or earlier

The pointed blade with a central ridge. The hand grip consisting of two parallel bars connected by three cross pieces, one of them fastened to the blade and with an engraved inscription, entirely covered by a thick gilding, the parallel bars with running tigers and leaves on a punched ground. The scabbard covered with purple and partly embossed velvet.
Length 46 cm

Provenance

From a Rhenish estate, acquired in June 1977
Private collection, Southern Germany