2nd Jul, 2024 10:00

SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION

 
Lot 30
 

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A RARE 17TH CENTURY SOUTHERN INDIAN RAPIER

87.75cm blade with rounded tip, elongated and shaped reinforcing straps, characteristic hilt with large dished disc guard, slender waisted grip with large stepped spherical pommel with two-piece bronze ring ornament. For similar swords see Elgood, Hindu Arms and Ritual. Probably Madras.

Sold for £500


 

87.75cm blade with rounded tip, elongated and shaped reinforcing straps, characteristic hilt with large dished disc guard, slender waisted grip with large stepped spherical pommel with two-piece bronze ring ornament. For similar swords see Elgood, Hindu Arms and Ritual. Probably Madras.

Auction: SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 2nd Jul, 2024

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