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Lot 24

A Vietnamese Sword (Guom)
19th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Vietnamese Sword (Guom)
19th Century

With slightly curved fullered single-edged blade, hilt comprising brass stirrup guard chased with foliage against a punched ground, brass pommel formed as a dragon's head, and bone grip of circular section carved with prunis terminating in a dragon's head on one side, and with bamboo en suite on the other, in original two-piece wooden scabbard inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl foliage over each side, and with brass locket, chape and suspension mount all embossed with foliage on each side
64 cm. blade

Footnotes

For similar examples to this and the following three lots see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 201, figs. 485-488

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