Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.
Price on requestIndian enamel and wootz dagger
With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.
€15000,-Ten avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
GalleryFine Tibetan gem studded dagger
A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.
Sold18th century northern katar
With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.
SoldRajput katar with rubies and diamonds
Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.
SoldStudded Eastern Tibetan dagger
Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.
SoldA fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
SoldUnusual khukurī with gold grooves
With a very fine Nepalese blade, but kard-like hilt and scabbard.
€3500,-Unusual khanjarli
With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.
SoldBikaner elephant katar
Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
SoldFine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard
A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.
SoldGold alloy Sinhalese pihiya
Often called piha-kaetta, these knives were mainly made by the King's Workshops.
SoldA fine hanshee
Early type with very shallow notch in the blade and little flare in the pommel.
€2750,-Central Asian dated kard 1709
With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.
SoldSouth Indian loop hilted dagger
Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa
SoldA fine bichuwa with gold decor
A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
SoldGold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€2500,-A Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
SoldA hanshee khukurī
A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.
SoldChilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.
€2200,-Deccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
SoldA fine mid 19th century khukurī
An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine layered blade.
€2200,-Sinhalese pihiya with scabbard
IntroductionOften called piha-kaetta, which are actually the chopper versions,
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