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Battara · 16th September 2005, 07:46 PM

I agree with Chopped Liver...er...um...I mean Rick.

This is a new piece that came from India, the koftgari is nice, but on the base of the hilt the Mughals would not have done the koftgari that way. The velvet in the inside is also new. Little or no patina on any part of the piece, and, as Rick said, the bird's eye pattern in the blade is characteristic of what is now coming out of India (although it did exist back during the Mughal period too).

16th September 2005, 07:46 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	I agree with Chopped Liver...er...um...I mean Rick. This is a new piece that came from India, the koftgari is nice, but on the base of the hilt the Mughals would not have done the koftgari that way. The velvet in the inside is also new. Little or no patina on any part of the piece, and, as Rick said, the bird's eye pattern in the blade is characteristic of what is now coming out of India (although it did exist back during the Mughal period too).