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Lot 75*
A South Indian KatarVijayanagara, 16th/17th Century
25 July 2012, 10:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £525 inc. premium
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Vijayanagara, 16th/17th Century
Vijayanagara, 16th/17th Century
With long tapering double-edged blade becoming diamond section at the point and cut with converging fullers over most of its length on each side either side of a flat medial ridge, characteristic iron hilt with shaped riveted plate extending over each side of the forte, tapering border engraved side-bars with notched edges, grips each with central spherical feature, and recurved outer hand-guard of triangular form with central ridge, engraved with foliage and rising up to a bud-shaped finial (some wear and rust patination)
37.5 cm. blade
37.5 cm. blade
Footnotes
For this and the following two lots see Robert Elgood, Hindu Arms And Ritual ..., 2004, pp. 145-162, pls. 15.1, 3 and 4








