29th Oct, 2020 13:00
Islamic & Indian Art
A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) STEEL TULWAR (SWORD)
Northern India, 19th century
A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) STEEL TULWAR (SWORD)
Northern India, 19th century
With a single-edged steel blade, with two deep ridges at the top below the flattened spine, the typical koftgari tulwar handle inlaid in gold and designed with a T-shaped forte with bulbous terminals, with a ribbed grip and sinuous handguard, at the top a decorative disc with a hemispherical pommel with bulbous finial and floral collar, 84.5cm long.
Provenance: Bonhams London, 19 April 2007, lot 396.
Dimensions: 84.5cm long
Sold for £3,000
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