comprised of two paddle bows, with wide limbs narrowing to long pointed nocks with shallow notches (some damage to the nock ends and a notch in the grip) (length 141.0 cm); a round sapling bow with cracks throughout the length and an accompanying bowstring (length 192.0 cm); a bamboo bow with well-shaped nocks and seven dimples gouged into each limb on the belly of the bow (length 135.0cm); a wooden bow with rattan cane string and long pointed nocks (length 180.0 cm); a sapling bow constructed unusually with visible heartwood on the back of the bow and sapling stubs on the belly; with long nocks and a flat back (length 180.0 cm); a bamboo bow with knotted rattan bindings and painted limbs (length 160.0 cm); a saplingbow with asymmetric limbs and a hide string (length 145.0 cm); and eight bows made of black palmwood of various lengths, with carved nocks and rattan bindings and some with strings, the longest bow 192.0 cm (16)
Sold for £1,400
comprised of two paddle bows, with wide limbs narrowing to long pointed nocks with shallow notches (some damage to the nock ends and a notch in the grip) (length 141.0 cm); a round sapling bow with cracks throughout the length and an accompanying bowstring (length 192.0 cm); a bamboo bow with well-shaped nocks and seven dimples gouged into each limb on the belly of the bow (length 135.0cm); a wooden bow with rattan cane string and long pointed nocks (length 180.0 cm); a sapling bow constructed unusually with visible heartwood on the back of the bow and sapling stubs on the belly; with long nocks and a flat back (length 180.0 cm); a bamboo bow with knotted rattan bindings and painted limbs (length 160.0 cm); a saplingbow with asymmetric limbs and a hide string (length 145.0 cm); and eight bows made of black palmwood of various lengths, with carved nocks and rattan bindings and some with strings, the longest bow 192.0 cm (16)
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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