| 1414 Bhutanese Dagger Blade 13 3/4", overall 18 1/4" 19th-20th century. The single-edged, bi-fullered blade with clipped point, of plain steel, in an engraved and pierced iron hilt. Motifs consist of dragons amid clouds & vegetal forms. In a somewhat older scabbard, decorated en suite with the hilt, comprising a throat and long chape on a wooden body, with a section of block shagreen between. The metal clean and undamaged, all surfaces showing light to negligible wear. $535
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