4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 91
 

91

A CHINESE COMPOSITE BOW, QING DYNASTY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A TIBETAN CLIENT

with reflexed limbs, the belly painted black with red and gold borders, the back covered in birch bark painted with floral designs with red decorative border, the limbs fitted with string bridges, the long ears (siyah) reinforced with horn and the grip bordered in shagreen above and below, 95.0 cm

Provenance
Stephen Selby, founder of the Asian Traditional Archery Research Network (ATARN)

Sold for £550


 

with reflexed limbs, the belly painted black with red and gold borders, the back covered in birch bark painted with floral designs with red decorative border, the limbs fitted with string bridges, the long ears (siyah) reinforced with horn and the grip bordered in shagreen above and below, 95.0 cm

Provenance
Stephen Selby, founder of the Asian Traditional Archery Research Network (ATARN)

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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