Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt
The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.
€12000,-Deccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
€9000,-Interesting kirach with dated hilt
Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.
€6000,-A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-A Fraser talwar from the Deccan
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
€2750,-Chilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt
The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.
€2200,-Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.
€2200,-Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
€2000,-A Fraser talwar, 18th century
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
€2000,-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,-Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.
€1650,-An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.
€1500,-South Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
€650,-Ganga Jamni decorated kard
Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…
ReservedA Sinhalese kirichchiya
A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.
Reserved