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Lot 19

An Unusual Indian Sword Hilt Of Tulwar Form
Late 18th/19th Century

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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An Unusual Indian Sword Hilt Of Tulwar Form
Late 18th/19th Century

Of steel, decorated overall with gold koftgari flowering foliage within borders en suite and comprising tapering pointed langets, button quillons, open triangular outer-guard pierced with two gold-damascened ducks at the base and rising to a stylised duck's head finial, curved tapering knuckle-guard with finial en suite, compressed spherical pommel with bud-shaped finial on a petalled mount, and swelling grip (some surface rust)
20 cm.

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Cf. two similar examples sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 24 July 2003, lot 64 and Eastern Arms & Armour From the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, 29 April 2015, lot 115

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