Ending 8th Dec, 2024 14:00

Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024

 
  Lot 357
 

357

A SOUTH INDIAN COPPER FAKIR’S CRUTCH, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA

of characteristic form, with a pair of arms each terminating in an elephant’s head, embossed and chased with hunting scenes involving elephants, tigers and antelope, supported at the base by a pair of leaping tigers, integral haft decorated with panels of foliage, and with traces of early silver plating, 47.5 cm overall

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number K20

Sold for £160


 

of characteristic form, with a pair of arms each terminating in an elephant’s head, embossed and chased with hunting scenes involving elephants, tigers and antelope, supported at the base by a pair of leaping tigers, integral haft decorated with panels of foliage, and with traces of early silver plating, 47.5 cm overall

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number K20