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A gold and silver koftgari steel sword (firangi) South India, 17th/ 18th Century image 1
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Lot 181A

A gold and silver koftgari steel sword (firangi)
South India, 17th/ 18th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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A gold and silver koftgari steel sword (firangi)
South India, 17th/ 18th Century

the European single-edged watered steel blade of curved form with two fullers, becoming double-edged towards the point, the basket hilt chiselled and decorated in gold and silver overlay with bands of floral vines, long slightly curved multifaceted pommel
106 cm. long

Footnotes

For a khanda with a similar hilt from the collection of the Raja of Tanjore see R. Elgood, Hindu Arms and Ritual, Delft, 2004, p. 37, no. 3.4.

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