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Blade of jawhar steel; hilt carved from nephrite jade (two pieces, both translucent white, the upper in particular absolutely pure)
Length 383 mm; width 96 mm
India, Deccan or Mughal, c. 1st half 17th century AD
Photography by Edward Owen
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