Lot 238:
A RARE TIBETAN SWORD
Description
The largest example of our experience, the sword of the Lhoba People of the Kham region in Eastern Tibet, with faceted cylindrical iron pommel inlaid with rectangular panels of brass and copper and retained by three spiked studs, the wooden grip with original rayskin covering, the circular iron guard with deeply flanged edge. The massive blade long, straight and thick, forged in the traditional “hairpin damascus” style of the region, in which the blade is made from a series of layers, each bent in the form of a V and laid one inside the next before forging. With radiused tip, and retaining considerable original sharpness. In its wooden scabbard covered in green leather, with embossed and engraved silver locket and brass chape and suspension bands. 17th-19th century. Worn overall, sticks slightly in the scabbard. Overall length 103.3cm./ 40 5/8 inches. Condition III
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