LOT 288:
A MUGHAL JADE-HILTED KARD DAGGER
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Sold for: $1,500
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
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1,985.91
Start price:
$
600
Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 24.9%
sales tax: 6%
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A MUGHAL JADE-HILTED KARD DAGGER
The grip carved of a single piece of pale green jade, terminating in a fully-modeled naturalistic ram’s head, the features finely executed. The steel bolster finely inlaid in gold, the single-edged blade of characteristic form, lavishly inlaid at the forte in gold, and forged of actively-patterned Persian black wootz. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with steel mounts heavily inlaid with gold in vegetal motifs. 19th century. Overall length 35cm. Very light rubbing to mounts and velvet, binding lacking. Condition I

