A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
Northern India, 19th century

A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)
Northern India, 19th century

With a sharp double-edged steel blade, with a thick medial ridge and raised tip, the forte, handle and grip finely decorated with koftgari (gold-damascened) decoration of vegetal sprays, arabesques and rosettes, in a modern dark blue velvet scabbard, 43.5cm including the scabbard.

Dimensions: 43.5cm including the scabbard