4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped and engraved langets with chiselled edges and foliate terminals, arched guard, a pair of tapering side bars (one with an early repair at the base) with bud-shaped terminals, outer guard of a recurved plate of inverted V-section with monsterhead finial, two arched bars joining the guard to the side-bars and a further arched bar at the top, each with pronounced pointed rivet heads, a pair of bulbous moulded grip-bars, and decorated throughout with sparse engraved ornament (rubbed) and a lotus flower on the guard, 86.3 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C108
Another sword of this type, from the Roy Elvis collection, was sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lot 12.
Sold for £1,100
with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped and engraved langets with chiselled edges and foliate terminals, arched guard, a pair of tapering side bars (one with an early repair at the base) with bud-shaped terminals, outer guard of a recurved plate of inverted V-section with monsterhead finial, two arched bars joining the guard to the side-bars and a further arched bar at the top, each with pronounced pointed rivet heads, a pair of bulbous moulded grip-bars, and decorated throughout with sparse engraved ornament (rubbed) and a lotus flower on the guard, 86.3 cm blade
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C108
Another sword of this type, from the Roy Elvis collection, was sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lot 12.
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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