Inv. no. LNS 13 HS a,b
Nephrite hilt, locket and chape carved and polished by lapidary means, engraved and inlaid with gold and set with gemstones in kundan technique; blade forged from jawhar steel, ground, polished and lightly etched (the ‘watered’ surface destroyed by ‘repolishing’ and heating, perhaps at the time of the making of the scabbard); scabbard wood overlaid with gold sheet and champlevé-enameled, fitted with jade locket and chape
Height of dagger 35.5 cm; width of dagger 5.3 cm; height of scabbard 28.3 cm; width of scabbard 4.6 cm
India, probably Deccan, the hilt, locket and chape ca. mid 17th century AD; scabbard ca. earlier 18th century AD
the hilt, locket and chape ca. mid 11th century AH; scabbard ca. earier 12th century AH India, probably Deccan, the hilt, locket and chape ca. mid-17th century AD; scabbard ca. earlier 18th century AD
