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  • South-indian-silver-gilt-katar

    Large southern silver gilt katar

    Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.

    €2400,-
  • Punjabi Khanda for the court of Ratlam logo

    Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

    The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

    Sold
  • Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

    Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

    The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.

    Price on request
  • Indian arrows logo

    Group of mounted Indian arrows

    Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.

    Sold
  •  Indian flintlock lance logo

    Flintlock lance

    A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.

    €7500,-
  • Sipar fouladi (wootz shield) logo

    Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

    North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.

    Sold
  • Tipu mania child's talwar logo

    Southern Indian child's talwar

    With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.

    Sold
  • Rajput katar with rubies logo

    Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds

    Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.

    Sold
  • Silver chevron katar

    Silver chevron katar

    All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.

    €3800,-
  • Garsoee katar

    Garsoee katar

    An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

    Sold
  • Indian jade hilted dagger

    Indian jade hilted dagger

    With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.

    €5400,-
  • Gilt copper hilted kard dagger logo

    Gilt-copper hilted kard

    Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.

    €2200,-
  • Firangi logo

    Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

    The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.

    Sold
  • Indian ganga-jamni kard logo

    Ganga Jamni decorated kard

    Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

    Sold
  • Marwar talwar with dated hilt

    Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt

    The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.

    €2200,-
  • Deccan talwar of William Fraser logo

    A Fraser talwar from the Deccan

    Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

    Sold
  • 18th century Indian talwar with Fraser provenance

    A Fraser talwar, 18th century

    Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

    Sold
  • South Indian katar with yali logo

    Southern katar with yali langets

    Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

    €1650,-
  • Southern katar

    Southern katar with thick point

    The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

    Sold
  • Double bladed katar

    Double bladed katar

    Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

    Sold
  • Northern wootz katar logo

    Northern wootz katar

    With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara katar logo

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

    Sold
  • Rare Santali shield logo

    Rare Santali shield

    Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.

    €2000,-
  • North Indian antelope axe

    Indian Antelope Axe

    An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.

    €900,-
  • Slender chilanum dagger logo

    Slender chilanum dagger

    Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    Sinhalese pihiya

    A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

    €1800,-
  • Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

    Sold
  • Indian talwar with 1693 dated blade logo

    Talwar with 1693 dated blade

    With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

    Sold
  • Sikh chakram

    Sikh fighting chakram

    A sharp, heavier user. Not the flimsy type usually encountered.

    Sold
  • Deccan firanghi

    Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

    The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.

    Sold
  • North Indian kirach with Persian wootz export blade

    Interesting kirach with dated hilt

    Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.

    Sold
  • 17th century pattisa logo

    Fine 17th century pattissa

    The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

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  • Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Very rare subtype of a Khond tribal axe with double points.

    €1650,-
  • unusual-indian-single-boss-shield

    Early Indian shield

    Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss

    Sold
  • Malabar coast Moplah sword logo

    Malabar coast Moplah sword

    A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

    Sold
  • Punjab koftgari lockbox logo

    Punjabi koftgari lockbox

    Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.

    Sold
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    A milam of the Garo

    This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.

    €1800,-
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Bikaner lance

    Bikaner lance head

    With square cross-section point and several Bikaner armory markings.

    Sold
  • Goat hilted Khyber sword logo

    Goat hilted Khyber sword

    With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

    Sold
  • Pata with Solingen blade

    Solingen blade with pata hilt

    Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

    Sold
  • Chakram logo

    Heavy Sikh chakram

    Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.

    Sold
  • Rajput sosun pattah

    Rajput sosun pattah

    With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

    Sold
  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

    With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

    Sold
  • Kutch pattern welded Shamshir made for Benson

    Kutch shamshir for Benson

    Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

    Sold
  • Marwar talwar presented to Mohta Bakhtawar Singh logo

    Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

    A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

    A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

    Sold
  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

    An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

    Sold
  • 16th century pattisa logo

    South Indian pattissa

    An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

    Sold
  • Boy's brass hilted pata

    Boy's brass hilted patá

    With a charming brass zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

    Sold
  • Indian spearheads and spear butt logo

    Indian spearheads and butt

    A set for the beginning collector.

    Sold
  • Indian khanda with etched blade

    Khanda with etched blade

    A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

    Sold

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