28th Jun, 2006 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria including The Peter Cottis Collection
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AN INDIAN TALWAR
AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged watered steel blade, decorated
with a gold cartouche and a gold inscription along the
back-edge on one side, russet iron hilt retaining some gold
decoration, in a velvet-covered wooden scabbard
78.5cm; 31in blade
The inscription on the blade reads, in translation:
IN THE CARTOUCHE ' SAYYID ... TAQI, 910 (AD1504-5)',
ON THE EDGE, A COUPLET IN PERSIAN IN PRAISE OF 'ALI
No Reserve
Sold for £1,400
AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with curved single-edged watered steel blade, decorated
with a gold cartouche and a gold inscription along the
back-edge on one side, russet iron hilt retaining some gold
decoration, in a velvet-covered wooden scabbard
78.5cm; 31in blade
The inscription on the blade reads, in translation:
IN THE CARTOUCHE ' SAYYID ... TAQI, 910 (AD1504-5)',
ON THE EDGE, A COUPLET IN PERSIAN IN PRAISE OF 'ALI
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria including The Peter Cottis Collection, 28th Jun, 2006
