Ending 8th Dec, 2024 14:00

Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024

 
  Lot 326
 

326

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (KOPIS), PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

in patinated condition, with curved single-edged blade (repaired in the centre), iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of chiselled langets, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard sparsely chased with scrolls and drawn-out to a pair of pierced terminals, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with finely pierced tall conical stepped iron button (restorations), 70.5 cm blade

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number C93

Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in this room 30th June 2010, lot 83. A fourth example, also from the Elvis collection, was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 3. Dating on this group varies ranging from the 12th to 16th centuries. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5 and Rawson 1968, plate 12.

Sold for £650


 

in patinated condition, with curved single-edged blade (repaired in the centre), iron hilt extending over the lower portion of the blade with a pair of chiselled langets, angular figure-of-eight shaped guard sparsely chased with scrolls and drawn-out to a pair of pierced terminals, carved wooden cushion-shaped pommel with finely pierced tall conical stepped iron button (restorations), 70.5 cm blade

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number C93

Three related examples, formerly in the collection of Anthony North, were sold in this room 30th June 2010, lot 83. A fourth example, also from the Elvis collection, was sold in this room 7th December 2022, lot 3. Dating on this group varies ranging from the 12th to 16th centuries. See Elgood 2004, pp. 83-5 and Rawson 1968, plate 12.