AUCTIONS IMPERIAL NOVEMBER 2022 ARMS & ARMOR
Lot 224:
Description
Of classic form, the mottled staghorn grips with good patina, the tangbands and bolsters finely inlaid with gold in scrolling vegetal and geometrical motifs. The broad, recurved blade of excellent silver-gray wootz damascus steel likewise inlaid with gold at the forte and forged with a heavy armor-piercing tip. In its carved, velvet-covered wooden scabbard. Second half of the 18th century. Minor wear to gold inlays. Overall length 32.5 cm. Condition I
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