A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY PROBABLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (BICHWA), 16TH/17TH CENTURY PROBABLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA formed entirely of steel, with recurved blade formed with a series of converging slender fullers on each face, D-shaped hilt extending over the forte in a pair of foliate langets, knuckle-guard finely pierced and chiselled on the outside with a pair of opposing Yali in the centre, and stout conical pommel, 37.0 cm overall Roy Elvis catalogue number D04.