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Indian dagger with parrot head of Mughal style Jambiya...

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Indian dagger with parrot head of Mughal style Jambiya old steel blade curved damascus gray with central rib, heel decorated with two spandrels polylobed engraved in polychrome relief of zoomorphic figures of wild animals framed by two friezes incised in gold of a stylized scroll. The knob is carved in rock crystal in the shape of a bird's head, with a chiselled guard and a decoration of foliage inlaid with stones and circled with damascened nets. Rajasthan. India L. 36.5 cm