Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.
Price on requestPersian dagger with erotic scene
The walrus ivory hilt is expertly carved. The blade is wootz with fine gold overlay.
SoldIndian 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"
GalleryOttoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
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.
SoldA fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
SoldAgate hilted wootz khanjar
Nice Persian dagger with fine wootz blade and unusual hilt material.
€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.
SoldCentral 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.
SoldA Deccan chilanum
With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.
SoldEarly Mughal kapwah
An over 400-year-old Mughal court dagger. Once lavishly decorated with gold.
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.
SoldSinhalese pihiya with scabbard
IntroductionOften called piha-kaetta, which are actually the chopper versions,
SoldLadder wootz Kurdish dagger
This unassuming dagger has one of the finest wootz blades with a tight ladder pattern.
€2000,-