pls help identify this kattar

Hatumesh · 28th June 2009, 04:37 PM

Hi all,
Can any of you give me some information regarding this Katar? (and also regarding the correct spelling of it... Katar, Kattar, Kahtar etc.)
Thanks.

Battara · 28th June 2009, 04:50 PM

Very nice katar. Like the wootz and gold. The first pictures show Krisna wooing a cattle maiden (perhaps his wife whose name escapes me).

Andrew · 28th June 2009, 04:53 PM

Welcome. My guess would be North India, mid 19th century.

Did you take those photos yourself? Nice work.

Hatumesh · 28th June 2009, 04:57 PM

Thanks, Battara. I did not expect to get info regarding the story behind the embossment. Very interesting. Thanks.

Hatumesh · 28th June 2009, 05:00 PM

Thank you, Andrew.
I am flattered... I did take those pics myself.
So you suggest it's from North India and from around the mid 19th century.
Good.
Thanks again.

KuKulzA28 · 28th June 2009, 05:52 PM

that is beautiful... the clean cut lines... the patination... the gold and wootz...

I have seen "katar" written as Bundi dagger, kataram, katara, jamadhar, etc.

Lew · 28th June 2009, 10:30 PM

Very nice seems not to have been cleaned or messed with the carving is very crisp.

Congrats

Lew

Montino Bourbon · 3rd July 2009, 09:59 PM

A maiden playing the veena, deer are attracted. This is a standard depiction of a musical mode, TODI, often shown as this in a picture.

The other side is plainly Krishna and Radha.

A REALLY nice piece!

28th June 2009, 04:37 PM	#1
Hatumesh Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 24	pls help identify this kattar Hi all, Can any of you give me some information regarding this Katar? (and also regarding the correct spelling of it... Katar, Kattar, Kahtar etc.) Thanks. Attached Images

3rd July 2009, 09:59 PM	#8
Montino Bourbon Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara, California Posts: 301	The other side shows A maiden playing the veena, deer are attracted. This is a standard depiction of a musical mode, TODI, often shown as this in a picture. The other side is plainly Krishna and Radha. A REALLY nice piece!

28th June 2009, 04:50 PM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,221	Very nice katar. Like the wootz and gold. The first pictures show Krisna wooing a cattle maiden (perhaps his wife whose name escapes me).

28th June 2009, 04:53 PM	#3
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Welcome. My guess would be North India, mid 19th century. Did you take those photos yourself? Nice work.

28th June 2009, 04:57 PM	#4
Hatumesh Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 24	Thanks, Battara. I did not expect to get info regarding the story behind the embossment. Very interesting. Thanks.

28th June 2009, 05:00 PM	#5
Hatumesh Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel Posts: 24	Thank you, Andrew. I am flattered... I did take those pics myself. So you suggest it's from North India and from around the mid 19th century. Good. Thanks again.

28th June 2009, 05:52 PM	#6
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	that is beautiful... the clean cut lines... the patination... the gold and wootz... I have seen "katar" written as Bundi dagger, kataram, katara, jamadhar, etc.

28th June 2009, 10:30 PM	#7
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Very nice seems not to have been cleaned or messed with the carving is very crisp. Congrats Lew