Inv. no. LNS 3909 J a,b
Nephrite hilt carved, polished and engraved by lapidary means, fitted with iron reinforcements, inlaid with gold in kundan technique and set with gemstones; blade forged from jawhar steel, ground, polished and lightly etched; scabbard wood overlaid with velvet, fitted with champlevé-enameled gold locket and chape
Length 44 cm; width 9.3 cm
India, probably later 17th – early 18th century AD
probably later 11th – early 12th century AH
LNS 3909 J a,b
Katar dagger and scabbard (probably not original to the dagger), the jade hilt decorated with quatrefoils of rubies and diamonds, and with small ruby circles along the edges; the upper blade covered on both sides by gold-inlaid jade plaques (of a piece with the knuckle-guard); scabbard fitted with enamelled gold locket and chape, with a pattern of ruby-red quatrefoils on an opaque white ground