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# Dagger hilt

The dagger hilt was made within the Mughal empire in the 18th century. A dagger hilt fashioned in pale celadon green nephrite jade with scrolled quillons, flower and leaf decoration carved in low relief and a carved and pierced terminal in the form of two flower buds with leaves, with each bud being set with a red …

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-22-1997](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-22-1997) · Pramāṇa
