A steel dagger (chilanum) India, 17th Century


of typical form with curved and tapering double-edged blade, a series of raised ribs along the blade, the central ridge in the form of a cypress tree, with baluster grip and bifurcated foliate pommel, the hand guard terminating in a bud finial, with later velvet clad scabbard 37.5 cm. long
|PublishedSimon Ray, Indian & Islamic Works of Art, London, 2008, no. 34