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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Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€7500,-
Southern Indian child's talwar
With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.
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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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Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt
The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.
€2200,-
A Fraser talwar from the Deccan
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
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A Fraser talwar, 18th century
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
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Deccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
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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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Malabar coast Moplah sword
A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.
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Punjabi koftgari lockbox
Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.
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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,-
A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-
Heavy Sikh chakram
Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.
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Rajput sosun pattah
With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.
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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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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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South Indian pattissa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.
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A parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.
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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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A kirach with hunting scenes
Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.
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Indian pata with Solingen blade
With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.
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Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné
With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.
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Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible
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A fine walking cane from Madras
Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.
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Sadeli walking cane
Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.
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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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Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard
With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.
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