4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
98
A SOUTH INDIAN SPEARHEAD, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY KARNATAKA
with robust tapering pyramidal spike chiselled with slender leaf-shaped recesses and foliage at the base, and tubular socket with raised mouldings chiselled with scrolling foliage and beadwork, and pronounced basal flange (pitted), 54.8 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis (1944-2022)
Sold for £450
with robust tapering pyramidal spike chiselled with slender leaf-shaped recesses and foliage at the base, and tubular socket with raised mouldings chiselled with scrolling foliage and beadwork, and pronounced basal flange (pitted), 54.8 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis (1944-2022)
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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