Mughal style dagger

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Originally Posted by estcrh

Beautiful khanjar, it looks like a merger of styles. The metal work reminds me of what I see described as being from kutch. Nice kundan, what is the scene in the blade, can you tell if it overlay or inset? Reminds me of the brass work seen on some Indian weapons blades.

The scenes on both sides of the blade are elephants fighting and tiger hunting deer in koftgari (no brass work). Interesting that before I received it I also thought they are brass work.

The green stones I am pretty sure are glass but the red are rubies and the orange, probably agathe.