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ÉPÉE RITUELLE ET FOURREAU EN ARGENT ET OR AVEC INCRUSTATION DE PIERRES MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE image 1
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ÉPÉE RITUELLE ET FOURREAU EN ARGENT ET OR AVEC INCRUSTATION DE PIERRES
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

15 December 2022, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

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ÉPÉE RITUELLE ET FOURREAU EN ARGENT ET OR AVEC INCRUSTATION DE PIERRES

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
Inset with turquoise, coral and lapis lazuli;
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205018
54 cm (21 1/4 in.) high

Footnotes

A SILVER GILT AND INLAID STONE RITUAL SWORD AND SCABBARD 
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY

蒙古 十九世紀 金銀嵌寶法劍及鞘

Assembled from silver and a generous number of inset stones, this ornate sword reflects the tastes and fashions of wealthy Mongolian patrons between the 18th and 19th centuries. Based on its well-preserved gilding, as noted by the crisp modelling of the guard and the front-facing dragon at the scabbard's tip, this sword was most likely shown sparingly during ritual or ceremonial events.

An identical sword, possible the matching pair to the present lot, is located in the Essen Collection (published in Essen and Thingo, Die Gotter des Himalaya, 1989, p. 292, no. I-194. Also see a similarly worked ceremonial sword in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.84.31.513a-b).

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990s

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