with broad double-edged blade swelling to a 'Cobra's head' tip, chiselled russet iron hilt with beadwork borders, formed with a pair of shaped langets extending over almost a third of the blade's length on each side, the portion at the forte widening and formed with a pair of pierced and chiselled blade-catching lugs formed as elephants, dish-guard of low V-section, with a pair of crouching lions en suite with the lugs in the centre, up-turned cup-shaped pommel and integral grip (small holes, pitted), 89.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C18
The use of Lions or Tigers on the hilt are strongly suggestive of royal ownership as written in the Sinhala Vaijayanta. See Elgood 2004 pp. 113-114. A related sword is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum (rn.no. 1425-1855), see Rawson 1968, ill. 40.
Sold for £900
with broad double-edged blade swelling to a 'Cobra's head' tip, chiselled russet iron hilt with beadwork borders, formed with a pair of shaped langets extending over almost a third of the blade's length on each side, the portion at the forte widening and formed with a pair of pierced and chiselled blade-catching lugs formed as elephants, dish-guard of low V-section, with a pair of crouching lions en suite with the lugs in the centre, up-turned cup-shaped pommel and integral grip (small holes, pitted), 89.0 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C18
The use of Lions or Tigers on the hilt are strongly suggestive of royal ownership as written in the Sinhala Vaijayanta. See Elgood 2004 pp. 113-114. A related sword is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum (rn.no. 1425-1855), see Rawson 1968, ill. 40.
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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