Katar - Lot 90

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Katar - Lot 90
Katar South India, 17th century Steel. Katar of typical South Indian shape, it has a straight double-edged blade with multiple gutters, decorated with a central scalloped edge reminiscent of a cypress tree. The hilt used to protect the fist consists of a delicately curved steel plate forming a cat's head at the end. The typical handle is composed of two vertical scalloped branches, held by two horizontal tenons adorned with two spheres, allowing a good grip. Visible oxidation. L. 56 cm A South Indian katar from the 16th-17th century of the same typology is kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York (Inv. N°36.25.904) and published in: Elgood, R. (2004) Hindu Arms and Ritual, Arms and Armour from India 1400- 1685, Netherlands: Eburon Academic Publishers, p. 147, n°15. 4.
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