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Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

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South Indian pattissa

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

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Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

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

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Talwar with 1693 dated blade

With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

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Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

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Nayar ritual sword

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

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Indian Jade mounted dagger

Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.

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Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

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

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Indian enamel and wootz dagger

With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.

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Very good Deccan chilanum

A large example in excellent state of preservation.

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Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

A very fine specimen with VOC blade and ruby-set scabbard.

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Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.

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Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

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

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An exceptional khanda

With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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Fine 17th century pattissa

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

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Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

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Fine dated talwar from Ratlam

With Mamluk style blade decor and inscriptions on both blade and hilt.

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Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

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North Indian sosun pattah

A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.

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A fine silver hilted kasthāné

Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.

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Ten avatars of Vishnu katar

Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"

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A hooded Vijayanagara katar

A classic example of the 16th century.

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A fine khanda with pierced hilt

Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.

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Sosun Pattah

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

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Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

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

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Flintlock lance

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

€7500,-
Large Mughal saber

With Persian inspired blade in Hindu basket hilt, both of fine wootz.

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Silver inlaid Deccan katar

An impressive example with true inlays in silver in the hilt.

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South Indian cobra tip sword

An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.

€7200,-
Indian Pata with Kutch style decor

A serious weapon with a very good blade and heavy plating.

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Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.

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Sinhalese patisthānaya

A very fine example retaining its original lacquered shaft.

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Golden Bundi style katar

From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

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Interesting kirach with dated hilt

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

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A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

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Indian jade hilted dagger

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

€5400,-
Early Indian shield

Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss

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Kutch shamshir for Benson

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

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Heavy Sikh chakram

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

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Indian revolving musket

The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.

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A fine Indian sword

This one is for the connoisseur of blades.

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Large all-steel khanda

Introduction The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian sword

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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A fine Deccan chilanum

An exceptional example with a graceful hilt with a strong presence.

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18th century northern katar

With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.

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Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

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

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South Indian pierced iron ankus

Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.

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Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds

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

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Silver chevron katar

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

€3800,-
North Indian katar with tools

With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

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A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

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