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Lot 40

An Unusual South Indian Silver-Hilted Sword Of Nimcha Form
19th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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An Unusual South Indian Silver-Hilted Sword Of Nimcha Form
19th Century

With broad slightly tapering double-edged blade (surface rust and some pitting) cut with three fullers over each face of the forte, the central one extending towards the point, hilt cast and chased in low relief with foliage and comprising side-guard enclosing a plate cast, pierced and chased with flowering foliage, downbent arms (one broken), recurved knuckle-guard and downbent rear quillon each with bud-shaped terminal, and grip of circular section rising to a lion-head pommel formed in the round
87.2 cm. blade

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