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A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY,...

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A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 17TH/18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with recurved double-edged blade, copper alloy hilt cast and chased in high relief, comprising a pair of monsterheads devouring a bird on a ground of openwork foliage forming the outer-guard, engraved slender inner-guard, and tapering bud-shaped pommel, 23.8 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D87