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Lot 45Y
Two Indian Tulwars, And A Sudanese Kaskara18th/19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £687.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo Indian Tulwars, And A Sudanese Kaskara
18th/19th Century
18th/19th Century
The first with curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a fuller flanked by narrow fullers along the back for most of its length on each side, the central fuller at the forte on one side struck with two sun-like marks, russet hilt retaining traces of gold-damascened flowering foliage overall and comprising waisted blunt langets, quillons with button terminals, recurved tapering knuckle-guard with monster-head terminal, disc-shaped pommel with pierced stalk-line projection on a dome with petalled border, and grip drawn-out to a point on each side; the second with curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point, and large silver hilt of similar form to the last; the last with broad fullered double-edged blade etched over its entire length on both sides with panels of decorative Arabic calligraphy and incised with two man-in-the-moon marks, hilt with brass cross-guard, and wooden grip covered in crocodile skin (pommel damaged), in original wooden scabbard entirely covered in snakeskin, and iron suspension ring (the other missing) (3)
77.5 cm., 80.3 cm. and 96.6 cm. blades
77.5 cm., 80.3 cm. and 96.6 cm. blades
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Provenance
The second item sold in these Rooms, European and Islamic Antique Arms & Armour, 28 April 1998, lot 219








