Asian arms in Dutch master paintings
Dutch masters' fascination with exotic Asian wares shown in a series of paintings.
Fine Kutch horse head shamshir
The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.
Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.
South Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.
Indian enamel and wootz dagger
With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.
Indian betel box
Made of brass and bronze, now deeply patinated.
Very good Deccan chilanum
A large example in excellent state of preservation.
Heavy armor piercing katar
With a narrow blade of impressive thickness. Attributable to the Bundelkhand area.
Large southern silver gilt katar
Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.
Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam
The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.
Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)
Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkin
Group of mounted Indian arrows
Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.
Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
Sipar (سپر/सीपर)
Persian word for shield.
Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)
North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.
Southern Indian child's talwar
With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.
Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds
Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.
Silver chevron katar
All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.
Garsoee katar
An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.
Indian jade hilted dagger
With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.
kundan (कुंदन)
It literally means "gold" but is also a technique for setting gems into brittle surfaces.
Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.
Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt
The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.
Ganga Jamni decorated kard
Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting colors, usually gold and silver, in inlay or overlay work.
Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt
The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.
A Fraser talwar from the Deccan
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
William Fraser
A British civil servant who is famous for recruiting Ghurkas and the compilation of the Fraser album.
A Fraser talwar, 18th century
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.
Southern katar with thick point
The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.
Double bladed katar
Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.
Northern wootz katar
With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.
Vijayanagara hooded katar
With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.
Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
Indian Antelope Axe
An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.
Slender chilanum dagger
Of elegant form with very crisp blade.
Sinhalese pihiya
A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.
Sosun pattah with twistcore blade
The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period
Talwar with 1693 dated blade
With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.
Sikh fighting chakram
A sharp, heavier user. Not the flimsy type usually encountered.
Deccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
Interesting kirach with dated hilt
Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.
Fine 17th century pattissa
The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.
Rare bifurcated Khond axe
Very rare subtype of a Khond tribal axe with double points.
Early Indian shield
Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss
Nayar
An Indian group of castes. Historically warrior castes.
Malabar coast Moplah sword
A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.
Punjabi koftgari lockbox
Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.
Moplah (sword)
Sword of the Mapilla Muslims of the Malabar Coast, South India.