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Lot 21

An Omani Broadsword (Kattari)
16th/17th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £350 inc. premium

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An Omani Broadsword (Kattari)
16th/17th Century

With tapering double-edged blade, iron hilt comprising shouldered quillon-block pierced with a hole on each side above short drop-shaped pointed quillons, a mount beneath for fitting over the throat of the scabbard, fluted helmet-shaped pommel, and tubular grip pierced with circular holes, with remains of its fabric-covered wooden scabbard (surface rust overall)
64 cm. blade

Footnotes

See Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour, 2013, p. 242, fig. 596 and p. 361, fig. 873

Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 28 November 2012, lot 103

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