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An Unusual Indian Sword Hilt Of Tulwar FormLate 18th/19th Century
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,625 inc. premium
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Late 18th/19th Century
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.
20 cm.
Footnotes
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








