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Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015
Sep 15, 2015

Sword with scabbard

Sword with scabbard

1700s–1800s

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India, perhaps Deccan

Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads

Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)

Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.706

Location

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Description

Straight swords were typical of those used among military and aristocratic circles in the southern regions of the Deccan, in contrast to the curved swords favored by Central Asian equestrians. Increased contact between the Mughal north and the Deccan south during the 1600s led to the appearance of the Deccan-style sword in courtly portraits made during the time of Jahangir and Shah Jahan, and later.

See also
Collection: 
Indian Art
Department: 
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Type of artwork: 
Arms and Armor
Medium: 
Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; velvet lining with leather straps; wooden scabbard with velvet case and metallic threads
Credit line: 
Gift of S. D. Wright

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