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INDIAN; MUGHAL
Dagger and scabbard
RCIN 11450
In the late seventeenth century, access to trade routes into Khotan (modern day Hotan, China) led to the increased use of jade within the Indian courts. Indian lapidaries carved jade dagger hilts to resemble Arabian horse heads, which were presented to high ranking nobles at court.