An Indian Pesh-Kabz
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An Indian Pesh-Kabz
Late 18th Century
With shapely tapering blade of very finely watered wootz steel reinforced along the bright cutting edge, the spine of T-section, silver basal mount enamelled in green and blue, and beaked walrus-ivory grip of oval section with silver tang button on a silver floret-shaped washer, in original wooden scabbard covered in fabric (worn) embroidered with flower-heads and retaining the remains of the gold thread and spangle decoration, the silver locket (split on each side) and chape decorated with repeated flower-heads and foliage in polychrome enamel (minor damage), and each with a pierced double arabesque on both sides, the chape with bud-shaped terminal
27.5 cm. blade
Footnotes:
For a related example see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms & Armour..., 2013, p. 9, fig. 20
Late 18th Century
With shapely tapering blade of very finely watered wootz steel reinforced along the bright cutting edge, the spine of T-section, silver basal mount enamelled in green and blue, and beaked walrus-ivory grip of oval section with silver tang button on a silver floret-shaped washer, in original wooden scabbard covered in fabric (worn) embroidered with flower-heads and retaining the remains of the gold thread and spangle decoration, the silver locket (split on each side) and chape decorated with repeated flower-heads and foliage in polychrome enamel (minor damage), and each with a pierced double arabesque on both sides, the chape with bud-shaped terminal
27.5 cm. blade
Footnotes:
For a related example see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms & Armour..., 2013, p. 9, fig. 20
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An Indian Pesh-Kabz
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