Pesh Kabz dagger known as a "Karud dagger" or "pier maille", - Lot 187

Pesh Kabz dagger known as a "Karud dagger" or "pier maille", the black jade stock handle decorated with floral motifs in gilded fillets, the single-edged damascus-effect wootz steel blade engraved with a cartouche and inscribed in calligraphy with the name of the owner Nawab Khan Duran, the heel decorated with two poly-lobed spandrels engraved in koftgari gold with a floral motif and foliage. India or subcontinent Pakistan, Afghanistan Length : 44 cm Bibliography : Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1934. p. 494, fig. 631.4 ; Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. New York: Jack Brussel, Pub. 1961. p. 494, fig. 631.4 ; Stone, George Cameron, and Donald J. La Rocca. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1999. p. 494, fig. 631.4.