India, Mewar region Khanjar dagger, with a celadon-coloured white jade handle adorned with a tiger’s head, decorated with red and green glass beads. Featuring a broad blade with a central ridge, made of damascened hardened steel and engraved in gold with a circular cartouche adorned with a star, in the centre of which is inscribed ‘Ya Mohammed, Ya Ali’ in calligraphic script. Total length 38 cm