A carved jade horse head dagger, India, Mughal, probably Agra or Delhi, second quarter 17th century
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October 25, 12:38 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the hilt of mottled and streaked nephrite jade ranging in tone from dark grey to pale grey, finely carved and abraded in the form of a horse’s head with incised mane, set-back ears, flared nostrils, and open mouth with inset eyes of banded agate outlined in kundan gold, the quillons carved with acanthus leaves in low relief with a full-face marigold blossom at the base of the grip, the slightly curved double-edged watered steel blade with medial ridge, scabbard of red velvet with a gilt-copper locket and chape decorated with punched floral lattice and floral fringe
length: 35.8cm. (14⅛ in.)
with scabbard: 39.4cm. (15½ in.)
Spink and Son, London, 1999
Simon Ray, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, London, 2004
The Sea in a Jug: The Welch Collection of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Colby Museum of Art, Maine, 2020
The Eye of the Courtier – Indian and Islamic Works of Art, Spink and Son, London, October 1999, no.30
Indian and Islamic Works of Art, Simon Ray, London, April 2004, no.25
E. Gibbs in M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.18, pp.72-75
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