A fine Mughal gem-set gold-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade chiselled with central spine flanked by triangular recesses, the hilt with sidebars and grips set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the inner edges and grips with floral motifs and foliate vines, the outer edges set with carved emeralds with low-relief floral motifs, in fitted case 40.3 cm. longFootnotesProvenance The Al Thani Collection. Christie's, Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, 19 June 2019, lot 28. The katar was popular throughout India. Also known as jamadhar (death tooth), they were used in close combat, their thick points indicating that they were designed to puncture armour. Gem-set gold katars such as the present lot were an indication of the wealth and status of the highest members of society; such katars are often represented on the personage of royalty and courtiers in 17th -19th Century Indian miniatures (see D. G. Alexander, Islamic Arms and Amour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015, pp. 217-219). For an example of a gem-set katar sold at Christie's see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including a Private Collection Donated to Benefit the University of Oxford, Part V, 10 April 2014, lot 162. A further example of a katar with a gem-set hilt is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (3/1983).
A fine Mughal gem-set gold-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade chiselled with central spine flanked by triangular recesses, the hilt with sidebars and grips set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the inner edges and grips with floral motifs and foliate vines, the outer edges set with carved emeralds with low-relief floral motifs, in fitted case 40.3 cm. longFootnotesProvenance The Al Thani Collection. Christie's, Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, 19 June 2019, lot 28. The katar was popular throughout India. Also known as jamadhar (death tooth), they were used in close combat, their thick points indicating that they were designed to puncture armour. Gem-set gold katars such as the present lot were an indication of the wealth and status of the highest members of society; such katars are often represented on the personage of royalty and courtiers in 17th -19th Century Indian miniatures (see D. G. Alexander, Islamic Arms and Amour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015, pp. 217-219). For an example of a gem-set katar sold at Christie's see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including a Private Collection Donated to Benefit the University of Oxford, Part V, 10 April 2014, lot 162. A further example of a katar with a gem-set hilt is in the David Collection, Copenhagen (3/1983).
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