4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 44
 

44

ELEVEN VARIOUS QUIVERS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the first a contemporary bow quiver in Mongolian style, with embossed floral designs on a dotted background; the second a red arrow quiver, with tubular base that widens into a crescent design with gold thread borders; the third with gold embroidered designs on a leather quiver with precious stones on a belt; the fourth with green leather, with copper alloy decorative designs of a lion and double eagle on the base and opening; the fifth tubular, painted red with gold designs and containing a quantity of arrows with painted shafts and narrow flights; the sixth possibly African, made of leather with a knife sheath attached; the seventh tubular, with intricate wings made of leather; the eighth a blowpipe quiver, complete with cotton and blowpipe needles; the ninth covered in green and gold cloth, with numerous bamboo arrows; the tenth made of a bamboo tube with carvings of nature scenes and birds, the eleventh made of leather, with an hourglass design with painted arrows, longest quiver 68.0 cm (11)

Sold for £700


 

the first a contemporary bow quiver in Mongolian style, with embossed floral designs on a dotted background; the second a red arrow quiver, with tubular base that widens into a crescent design with gold thread borders; the third with gold embroidered designs on a leather quiver with precious stones on a belt; the fourth with green leather, with copper alloy decorative designs of a lion and double eagle on the base and opening; the fifth tubular, painted red with gold designs and containing a quantity of arrows with painted shafts and narrow flights; the sixth possibly African, made of leather with a knife sheath attached; the seventh tubular, with intricate wings made of leather; the eighth a blowpipe quiver, complete with cotton and blowpipe needles; the ninth covered in green and gold cloth, with numerous bamboo arrows; the tenth made of a bamboo tube with carvings of nature scenes and birds, the eleventh made of leather, with an hourglass design with painted arrows, longest quiver 68.0 cm (11)

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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