id:			112287
accession number:	1930.706.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.706.a
updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:47.805000

Sword, 1700s–1800s. India, perhaps Deccan. Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold; overall: 99 cm (39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.706.a

title:				Sword
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creation date:			1700s–1800s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of S. D. Wright
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culture:	India, perhaps Deccan
technique:	Watered steel blade with iron hilt inlaid with gold
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 99 cm (39 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

	title:		Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2022-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Samson D. Wright [1866–1938], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1930–
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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Part II. Fifteenth Annual Report of the Cleveland Museum of Art 1930.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 18, no. 2, 1931, pp. 1–128.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 33
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25137366

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