Silver saif from Hyderabad
Made in Hyderabad, India, for the Arab market.For sale
Serrated edge talwar
With gold koftgari decorated hilt.For sale
South Indian brass hilted talwar
The hilt with remains of silver plating.For sale
Punjabi serpentine hilted pesh-kabz
From the knife-making center of Bhera in the Punjab, using finely polished serpentine.For sale
Indian sota mace
All steel Indian forward curved mace.For sale
A katar from Bundi
Belonging to a group of royal katar made by Khemau under Maharao Ram Singh.For sale
Hooded sword katar
Extremely large example with nearly full-length Western blade.For sale
Silver decorated Vijayanagara katar
A very good Vijayanagara katar of the 16th century with much of its gold and silver overlay remaining.Best for sale
Long bladed Deccan katar
With wide flaring side bars that offer added protection.For sale
Parrot hilt wootz khanjar
With vintage silver mounted scabbard.Best for sale
Fine Kutch horse head shamshir
The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.Best for sale
Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.Best for sale
South Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.For sale
Indian enamel and wootz dagger
With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.For sale
Indian betel box
Made of brass and bronze, now deeply patinated.For sale
Very good Deccan chilanum
A large example in excellent state of preservation.Best for sale
Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.For sale
Indian jade hilted dagger
With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.For sale
Gilt-copper hilted kard
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.For sale
Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.For sale
Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.For sale
Indian Antelope Axe
An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.For sale
A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.For sale
Early Mughal talwar
It has a narrow but thick blade with an elegant curve and a raised backedge, all reminiscent of earlier steppe sabers.Sold
Explosion pattern weld talwar
A Marwari talwar with an exceptional pattern welded blade.Best sold
Small Indian sota mace
An all-steel Indian mace with a long round cross-section haft and square cross-section hammer tip.Sold
Chettinad door
These doors lead to family apartments in Chettiar palaces.Sold
Indian sawfish rostrum sword
Consisting of a painted sawfish rostrum on a talwar hilt.Sold
Full wootz kard
...and some gold.Sold
Rajput child katar
With ganga - jamni gold koftgariSold
Korbandi
Hindi word for a type of decoration with a plain center and gold or silver decorated borders.
Northern katar
with laminated blade and chiseled hilt.Sold
Katar from Kota, Rajasthan
Indian wootz blade and remains of floral gold overlay.Sold
Katar in katar curio item
Made around 1900 in Alwar, Rajasthan, for the tourist market.Sold
Persian percussion blunderbuss
With very fine twistcore barrel.Sold
Signed Sikh talwar, dated 1838
Of Punjabi make, inscribed inside the knuckle guard as being presented by Sukhu Singh in 1838.Best sold
Martial activities in 18th-century Indian art
By Harjit Singh Sagoo
Review: Wereldmuseum Leiden Mughal arms
A review of the Mughal arms exhibit ad the Wereldmuseum Leiden.
Large southern silver gilt katar
Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.Sold
Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam
The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.Sold
Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)
Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkin
Group of mounted Indian arrows
Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.Sold
Sipar (سپر/सीपर)
Persian word for shield.
Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)
North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.Sold
Early Mughal kapwah
An over 400-year-old Mughal court dagger. Once lavishly decorated with gold.Sold
Southern Indian child's talwar
With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.Sold
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
All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.Sold
Garsoee katar
An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.Sold
