4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 27
 

27

SEVEN THAI PELLET BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the first constructed of bamboo, with D-shaped profile and symmetrical nodes located near the ears of the bow, with a decorative carved grip riser in the shape of a rodent, bound to the handle with rattan, complete with a rattan pellet bowstring; the second similar, of robust construction with rattan bindings along the bow and decorative black and yellow paint, the grip riser bound with thread and undecorated (missing bowstring); the third with elaborate paintings of peacocks on a red background, the nocks reinforced with ornamental silver tips, the grip riser with silver decorative swirls; the fourth painted with flower vase decorations, the nocks made from ivory, a visible repair to one of the ears of the bow; the fifth with delicate gold floral decorations on a green background, the nocks made of ivory (some contemporary restoration to the bow), the sixth made of wood, with elaborate carvings on the belly, the grip similarly decorated, one nock with two holes and the other notched; the seventh of bamboo, with black painted coating and complete with original string, longest pellet bow 145.0 cm (7)

For a similar example, see item 1902.88.64 in the Pitt Rivers Museum, which was collected by the anthropologist Nelson Annandale in May 1902 in the large Thai village of Ban Phra Muang, at the mouth of the Trang River, on the Andaman Sea.

Sold for £180


 

the first constructed of bamboo, with D-shaped profile and symmetrical nodes located near the ears of the bow, with a decorative carved grip riser in the shape of a rodent, bound to the handle with rattan, complete with a rattan pellet bowstring; the second similar, of robust construction with rattan bindings along the bow and decorative black and yellow paint, the grip riser bound with thread and undecorated (missing bowstring); the third with elaborate paintings of peacocks on a red background, the nocks reinforced with ornamental silver tips, the grip riser with silver decorative swirls; the fourth painted with flower vase decorations, the nocks made from ivory, a visible repair to one of the ears of the bow; the fifth with delicate gold floral decorations on a green background, the nocks made of ivory (some contemporary restoration to the bow), the sixth made of wood, with elaborate carvings on the belly, the grip similarly decorated, one nock with two holes and the other notched; the seventh of bamboo, with black painted coating and complete with original string, longest pellet bow 145.0 cm (7)

For a similar example, see item 1902.88.64 in the Pitt Rivers Museum, which was collected by the anthropologist Nelson Annandale in May 1902 in the large Thai village of Ban Phra Muang, at the mouth of the Trang River, on the Andaman Sea.

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024

Auction Location: London, UK

Including:

THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY

THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT

AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION

THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

 

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