Asian Art Day One - 19 May 2010
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A Moghul jade-handled dagger
A Moghul jade-handled dagger, the handle issuing seed pods and carved in shallow relief with stylized flowers and foliage, the blade with gilt tracery, the scabbard with gilt metal mounts, 18th/19th century, 40cm overall. (2)
Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough.
Cf. Exquisite Beauty - Islamic Jades, National Palace Museum, no.146, p121, for a related example.