6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE INDIAN SWORD (KHANDA), LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD OR GOLCONDA, ANDHRA PRADESH
with broad double-edged straight crucible steel blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets with pierced borders and foliate terminals, widening at the base to form a pair of quillons pierced en suite, oval guard with elaborately pierced border involving addorsed monsters rising to a broad knuckle-guard, pear-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, and pronounced faceted bud-shaped pommel (hilt with small chips and holes, rear guard cracked, pitted throughout), 78.2 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C110.
Probably a Royal sword, the hilt would originally have had a silver or silver-gilt finish.
Sold for £650
with broad double-edged straight crucible steel blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a pair of shaped langets with pierced borders and foliate terminals, widening at the base to form a pair of quillons pierced en suite, oval guard with elaborately pierced border involving addorsed monsters rising to a broad knuckle-guard, pear-shaped pommel with up-turned brim, and pronounced faceted bud-shaped pommel (hilt with small chips and holes, rear guard cracked, pitted throughout), 78.2 cm blade
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C110.
Probably a Royal sword, the hilt would originally have had a silver or silver-gilt finish.
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
