Maker: Unknown
The blade is straight and single edged, of watered (Wootz) steel, narrowing at the forte into an integral ferrule carved at the top with a lotus bud and decorated in gold koftgari with flowers and wavy lines. The hilt is of silver inlaid in niello with the gardens of paradise, with flowing rivers, plants and pavilions. The Pommel is divided into two ears. The scabbard is of wood covered in green velvet with silver throat and chape matching the hilt, with a knop terminal to the chape.
Inlaid in gold on the blade the maker’s name Baqr.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 282 mm
Weight: 140 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
1800 CE - 1899 CE
Blade
Length 176 mm
Scabbard
Length 287 mm
Inscription present: the maker’s name
Accession number: ARM.186.1912
Primary reference Number: 162294
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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