*A WATERED-STEEL PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Indian, early 18th century

With tapering double-edged blade with reinforced tip, with plain forte, the finely worked lotus bud-shaped curved handle with stylised rose buds to each side, the grip with two pyramidal-shaped ribs in the centre, 48.2cm long.

For comparable daggers, please see G. N. Pant, Indian Arms and Armour, vol. 2, New Delhi, 1980, pp. 162-173. Christie’s South Kensington sold an almost identical example on 10 October 2014, lot 28.