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Originally Posted by Mercenary
I did not see the sword. It is an item from catalog. And now we will never know if it is the Indian blade (Marius said it and I fully agree with him having only this photo) with a beauteful artistic picture that is NOT an imitation of European mark but just a magnificent creature of Indian art. Now it is forever "English blade" with a never existed "fox's mark".
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I have seen many examples of wrong labeling even in very prestigious museums. So nothing new.
That's why I believe we must use all bibliography with extreme care because many books/ catalogues are littered with errors and we risk propagating them even further.