Deccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
€8000,-Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€7500,-Interesting kirach with dated hilt
Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.
€6000,-Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds
Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.
€3900,-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.
ReservedSouthern Indian child's talwar
With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.
€2500,-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 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,-A gilt Indian jambiya
With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.
€1500,-