4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY
with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of sharply tapering fullers divided by a slender medial ridge on each face, finely pierced iron hilt comprising a pair of low domed langets with lotus leaf terminals, arched guard, a pair of side bars with cusped terminals, and a pair of moulded grip-bars, decorated throughout with delicate leafy panels, the side bars each with a slender central foliate moulding (pitted), in an early leather-covered wooden scabbard (worn), probably the original, 43.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D76
Sold for £480
with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of sharply tapering fullers divided by a slender medial ridge on each face, finely pierced iron hilt comprising a pair of low domed langets with lotus leaf terminals, arched guard, a pair of side bars with cusped terminals, and a pair of moulded grip-bars, decorated throughout with delicate leafy panels, the side bars each with a slender central foliate moulding (pitted), in an early leather-covered wooden scabbard (worn), probably the original, 43.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number D76
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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