with associated blade formed with a short fuller and grooved rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of slender faceted bars comprising a pair of straight quillons swelling towards the tips, three outer ring-guards rooted at the pas d’âne, the uppermost joined to the knuckle-guard by an additional bar, inner-guard formed of a large ring and two smaller looped bars, earlier faceted compressed spherical pommel, and wooden grip with ‘Turk’s heads, 102.5 cm blade

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.